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THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER 


BOOKS I.-XII. 


TEXT, AND AN ENGLISH VERSION IN 
RHYTHMIC PROSE 


BY 


GEORGE HERBERT PALMER 


PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY 





BOSTON 
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY 
New York: 11 East Seventeenth Street 
Che Viiverside Press, Cambridge 
1895 





Copyright, 1884, | 
By G. H. PALMER. 


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PREFACE. | 


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Tue Odyssey is the epitome of a civilization, and has as 
many aspects as it has translators. Hobbes commended it 
to his readers as a series of lessons in morals; to Wors- 
ley it was the world’s great fairy-tale; to Butcher and 
Lang it is an archaic “historical document.” Others 
have found in it a philological interest, a mythological, 
a grammatical. However broad-minded the student may 
be, his sympathies are sure to reach a limit somewhere 
short of the compass of Homer. It is well, therefore, that 
each translator should distinctly state why the poem has 
attracted him, so that his readers may better understand 
what elements may, under his treatment, have been forced 
into undue prominence. That which I enjoy most in Ho- 
mer is his peculiar psychology, his unique ethical attitude ; 
notwithstanding his extraordinary powers of observation 
and of utterance, he seems to me to confront the world 
like a child. I turn to him, and escape from our com- 
plicated and introspective world, and am refreshed. Ac- 
cordingly, I have sought to draw attention chiefly to his 
simplicity, his realism, his finding joy where a child finds 
it; to his lack of self-consciousness, his interest in a thing 
or fact for no more ulterior reason than because it is a 


vi PREFACE. 


thing or fact. On these characteristics I am the more will- 
ing to insist because hitherto they have been somewhat 
neglected by translators. Constituting, as they do, the 
points in which the ancient differs most from the modern 
man, they are the most difficult for a modern man to set 
forth with ease and dignity. I cannot hope to have al- 
ways succeeded. No doubt I have often been indirect, 
or pretty, or literary, or reflective, or have feared I might 
not seem noble unless I adapted to modern taste words 
originally spoken to a primitive world. But let me ac- 
knowledge that where such lapses occur they are due, not 
to approval, but to lack of power. I hope my readers 
may count them blemishes. 

This fundamental view of Homer induces certain pe- 
culiarities of diction and method. I employ “you” for 
my pronoun of the second person, leaving “thou” for 
prayers and solemn occasions. That this will shock many 
readers I am quite aware; but is it not about time that 
those who can be shocked by such a usage should be? 
“Thou” does not stand alone; it carries a long train 
after it. It is the mark of a special style and a special 
theory of beauty and grandeur. Paradise Lost could not 
have been written without it. The A‘neid would be re- 
duced to caricature if translated with “ you.” But both 
Virgil and Milton were confessedly bookish men. They 
were eloquent writers, who did not face their poetic con- 
ceptions directly ; they looked at them, and wished their 
readers to look at them, through the associations of a past. 
They give us reflected beauty, — beauty at the second re- 





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PREFACE. Vii 


move ; Homer at the first. In their more highly devel- 
oped mental condition there are undoubtedly many gains : 
personality counts for more; a universal principle has 
been detected, holding authority over spontaneous feel- 
ing; the idea of moral obligation has arisen; grief has 
become more profound ; human life, even inanimate na- 
ture, has acquired an infinite significance and pathos. . 
But Homer knows nothing of all this. When A‘neas 
tells Dido, Jialiam non sponte sequor, Homer would 
have understood him to refer to some violence of Posei- 
don. It is necessary, by some simple means, continually 
to mark this difference. Especially where the reader has 
been accustomed to think of the Odyssey as a “ classic,” 
and. has all the ambiguous suggestions of that overworked 
word hanging about his mind, he needs to be reminded 
often that the tragic, eloquent, pathetic temper is totally 
absent from Homer ; that if we would rightly understand 
him we must construe the world in simpler terms. How 
ean the absence be more easily indicated than by employ- 
ing “you” instead of “thou,” the diction of speech in- 
stead of that of books? To do so need not be equivalent 
to abandoning what Mr. Arnold justly calls Homer’s 
“‘nobleness of style;” it will merely be to seek that no- 
bleness in a different and more legitimate direction, in the 
universal elements of common human life, where Chaucer 
and Wordsworth sought it. If found there, a good deal 
of the special charm of the Odyssey will have been found. 

Those features, then, of the style of Homer which I 
wish to imitate, so far as I can do so decorously and with- 


Vili PREFACE. 


out rendering matters prominent which in his thought 
were subordinate, are those which characterize the speech 
of an eager, healthy, sensitive child. Let me name some 
of them. Homer’s sentence is seldom an organic whole, 
like the modern period, the parts mutually dependent ; it 
can generally be cut in several places, and still give a 
tolerable sense. When describing an event, he ordina- 
rily mentions what happens as a series of separate facts, 
strung together with 6, 8&. In indicating a time sequence, 
he is as apt as not to say “ The sun set, and they came to 
Pherai,” instead of “ When the sun set, they came to 
Pherai” ; or if the dependent form is chosen, the joints 
are often distinctly marked with jos, cai tore. Qualifying 
clauses he usually places subsequently, like afterthoughts ; 
not where Mr. Spencer tells us they should be put, before 
the introduction of the thing qualified. Like the Eliza- 
bethan dramatists, he frequently employs constructions in- 
telligible only to the interested listener, not to the gram- 
marian: nouns are omitted; pronouns serve in places 
where our rhetorical critics call them ambiguous; doors 
for misconception are again and again left open for those 
who care to misconceive. Everywhere is seen a syntax 
full of beauty when thought of as that of living speech; 
full of defect if judged by the canons of the last century. 
In the very forms of the language there is extraordi- 
- nary flexibility: a syllable is prolonged here, clipped 
there ; a consonant is doubled or left single ; the commoner 
words have alternative forms. All is plastic. Literary 
conventions have not yet sprung up. To find language 


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PREFACE. ix 


equally free in our time, we must seek it in the mouth of 
Uncle Remus, eulogizing with similar vividness the same 
qualities of craft and mental alertness in Brer Rabbit. 
This freedom from conventional trammels is an immense 
artistic advantage to Homer, and he uses it to the full. 
What portion of the thought would most naturally fall on 
the mind first he knows as nobody else ever has known, 
and this is the portion that he places first. He fixes his 
eye on the object, and as its different parts present them- 
selves he tells us of them. The translator who would 
follow him must think of the prowling lion and the start- 
ing ship as well as of the printed words. Repetition is 
with him, as with the child, a genuine poetic resource. 
He has all the child’s delight in “saying it again,” and 
he always prefers the old story to the new. By frequent 
use of the same adjective he notes how things on the 
whole unlike still resemble each other. The individual 
aspects of object or person he is fond of fixing once for 
all in an epithet, whose recurrence may convey a pleas- 
ure somewhat similar to that which.we moderns receive 
in rhyme —a pleasure further enlarged by the repetition 
of considerable phrases, or even of whole passages. The 
appropriateness of these to their new situation is secured 
by slight changes in the turn of a word or two. Similes 
are not: uncommon, metaphors are rare; the thing and 
that with which it is compared remain two and unblended, 
exactly as they exist in life. In the few instances where 
he has constructed a metaphor, he appears to have done 
so deliberately ; to have found in it, accordingly, a pleas- 


x PREFACE. 


ure, and to be glad to repeat it subsequently. But in 
general, Homer’s words are words of fact, uncolored by 
metaphor. 

It might well seem that the literary medium suitable 
for reproducing traits like these would be prose; and I 
should be willing to admit that any poetic structure of an 
elaborate or obvious sort must transform Homer into 
something quite unlike his simple self. Mr. Worsley has | 
certainly produced a poetic masterpiece, and he has used, 
in framing it, no other material than that derived from 
the Odyssey; but, after all, we can doubt whether the 
events related by Mr. Worsley ever occurred, while we 
can no more doubt Homer than we can doubt Robinson 
~ Crusoe. Prose, on the other hand, introduces consider- 
able distortions of its own. Homer’s thought was not by 
accident originally cast in verse ; it is essentially a poetic 
thought, and claims the rhythmic accompaniment ; cut off 
from this, it strikes the reader as non-natural, and in parts 
obtrusive. With whatever determination to write prose 
the translator may set out, he will hardly escape frequent 
rhythms. The thought will compel him, as it has often 
compelled those admirable scholars, Messrs. Butcher and 
Lang. Is it not possible, then, to heed this compulsion 
without accepting the formalities of measure? Can we 
not keep a “linked sweetness,” and yet not cut up our 
thought into fixed lengths? As Wagner has in music 
broken down the dividing line between speech and song, 
as William Blake and Walt Whitman give us hints of a 
tertwum quid between speech and verse, so may we not 


PREFACE. xi 


seek for interpreting Homer a rhythmic prose, which shall 
keep something of the swiftness of the ancient hexameter, 
its variety, its capacity of quickly taking on the color of 
the thought conveyed, while still retaining that power 
which prose alone seems to possess, — the power of im- 
pressing on us its statements as facts? I offer these sug- 
gestions rather as inquiries than as doctrine. I am not 
sure. It may be that the rhythm of prose, even when 
as strongly marked as in the Psalms, Isaiah, or Jeremy 
Taylor, will be found to differ radically from anything 
reducible to feet. And even if such a medium be dis- 
coverable in the direction I have taken, 1 know very well 
I am far from having so mastered it as to be able to show 
its powers. But into this path I have been driven step 
by step, and against my will. I see that almost all other 
ways of approaching Homer have on trial revealed serious 
defects. This way still remains; and I print these twelve 
Books (I have no intention of publishing more) in the 
hope of stimulating some one more skilful and scholarly 
than I to try what may be done here. 

My work was begun twelve years ago, with no thought 
of publication. For two years I had been teaching Greek 
at Harvard College, and I was discouraged to find that 
my pupils had but a feeble conception of the Odyssey as 
a piece of literature. It is easy, all teachers know, to 
convince students that the Greeks devised a highly in- 
genious grammar; to show how rightly they understood 
the springs of human life is a harder matter. Few au- 
thors, however, in any language, will bear to be read at 


xii PREFACE. 


the rate of three pages a day. To supplement the class- 
room drill and give a broader outlook, I proposed to read 
a Book of the Odyssey at a sitting; I translating into the 
simplest possible language, and my pupils following me, 
text in hand. The plan proved so useful and attractive 
that it has since been adopted at Harvard for other au- 
thors and languages, and a series of such readings is now 
regularly given during the winter evenings to all, students 
or civilians, who may care to attend. In the ten years 
during which I have taught philosophy I have read the 
Odyssey through several times to these little companies, 
and I have felt it a piece of good fortune that I was thus 
forced to adhere to my author more literally than other 
translators have judged wise, that I was obliged to study 
his order of words more minutely, and that I could seldom 
permit myself to jump from line to line. These are excel- 
lent habits, and I hope, in preparing my manuscript for 
the press, [ have not departed from them too widely and 
yielded too much to the modern dislike of “ inversions.” 
Here, too, I had an opportunity to study the relative ef- 
fects of prose and of the different sorts of rhythm. My 
hearers were never informed that I used anything else 
than ordinary prose; I do not think they were in general 
aware that I did; but they felt the influence. Their 
understanding of what I read was, I found, largely pro- 
portional to the fulness with which I admitted the rhyth- 
mic movement. The loose iambics were necessary for ut- 
tering the spell of Homer. Often it seemed to me that 
in these readings we were coming close to the conditions 


PREFACE. xii. 


under which, if tradition is true, Homer was first under- 
stood: a group of men, already somewhat familiar with 
the august myth, gather from other occupations and to- 
gether listen to, not read, a detached episode, uttered in 
chanting recitative by a rhapsodist. Between Homer as so 
apprehended, and as anatomized by the critical scholar, 
there is a difference hardly less wide than between the 


Othello of the stage and of the library. I cannot expect 


that methods originally fitted to the ear will be equally 
well suited to the eye. 

In publishing, however, a portion of the rendering 
gradually evolved under such peculiar circumstances, I 
have tried to preserve something of the original setting: 
the Greek text of Merry’s large edition, substantially that 
of La Roche, is placed opposite the translation. I hope 
that the reader will more and more incline to turn from 
me to Homer himself. All over the land are lawyers, 
physicians, ministers, business men, who have not quite 
forgotten the Greek of their college days, and to whom 
the Odyssey then read is still a delightful remembrance. 
May my book show them that Homer is not yet beyond 
their reach. Many will be surprised to find how easy it 
is to read his verses understandingly without translation, 
and I have already expressed my belief that only when so 
read can their sure-worded beauty be felt. The working 
vocabulary is not large, and my rendering will handily 
supply the meaning of those words which occur more 
rarely. I should be glad to think that to careworn men 
my book may prove serviceable in easing the approach 


xiv PREFACE. 


to Homer, in making “ the freshness of the early world” 
a still attainable possession of the Bpordv xapédvrwv of 


America. 


1 To aid those who may wish to enter on a more elaborate study of 
the Odyssey, I mention a few of the most serviceable books : — 

The best editions of the Greek text with English notes are W. W. 
Merry’s large edition, Books I—XII., 1876, and his school edition, 
Books I.—XXIV., 2 vols., 1870-78, both published by the Clarendon 
Press. In the school edition, the text is broken at intervals by an 
English line descriptive of the matter. The edition of H. Hay- 
man, Books I.—XXIV., 3 vols., 1866-82, London, D. Nutt & Co., 
is especially valuable for its marginal references and its analyses 
of the characters. The best German editions are those of Ameis and 
of Faesi for notes, of La Roche for text. 

The handiest dictionary is Autenrieth’s Homeric Dictionary, trans- 
lated by R. P. Keep, Harpers, 1877 ; the most comprehensive, Ebe- 
ling’s Lexicon Homericum, Leipzig, Teubner, begun in 1871, and not 
yet quite complete. In the latter, the Latin definitions are classified, 
and reference is made to the German scholars who have discussed the 
word. A good book of an intermediate sort, with German definitions, 
is Seiler’s Worterbuch der Homerischen Gedichte, Leipzig, Hahn, 1878. 
The old Index Homericus of Seber is a complete concordance to both 
Iliad and Odyssey, but it gives references merely. H. Dunbar’s Con- 
cordance to the Odyssey, Clarendon Press, 1880, cites passages, but 
omits conjunctions, prepositions, and the commoner adverbs ; it has 
also many inaccuracies. The Scholia on the Odyssey, edited by Din- 
dorf, are published by the Clarendon Press, as is also D. B. Munro’s 
Grammar of the Homeric Dialect. r 

The most systematic, precise, and interesting work on the Antiqui- 
ties of the Odyssey is that of E. Buchholz, Homerische Realien, Leip- 
zig, 1871-82. Four volumes have already appeared ; two more are 
promised. Similar ground is covered more discursively by Glad- 
stone’s books: Homer and the Homeric Age, 3 vols., Oxford Univer- 


PREFACE. xv 


In acknowledging my large indebtedness to previous 
translators, I do not find it easy to place my thanks where 
they belong. Though I have drawn material from every 
side, it has generally afterwards become so fused in my 
own mind that I cannot now trace it to its source. I must 
content myself, therefore, with saying that while I have 
found Worsley, Du Cane, Bryant, and Butcher and 
Lang especially helpful, many others besides these have 
given me something. I wish I could believe that I have 
gathered every choice expression which the translators of 
the past have discovered. I have taken all I could; my 
one regret is that I could not find more to take. The trans- 
lators of the English Bible set us an excellent example. 
They acknowledged an allegiance only to the text before 
them. To elucidate this they used the labors of other 
men as freely as if they were their own. They knew that 
the translator receives his highest praise by being for- 
gotten ; and working in this loyal and codperative way, 


sity Press, 1858; Juventus Mundi, Macmillan, 1868 ; A Primer on 
Homer, Macmillan, 1878. The theological basis of the Odyssey is 
examined minutely by Nigelsbach, Homerische Theologie, Erlangen, 
1861, and briefly by J. S. Blackie, in the first article of his Hore 
Hellenice, Macmillan, 1874. J. L. Harrison’s Myths of the Odyssey, 
Rivingtons, 1882, is a careful book, well illustrated. Homer’s poetic 
style is discussed by Matthew Arnold, On Translating Homer, Mac- 
millan, 1861. In The Origin of the Homeric Poems, by H. Bonitz, 
translated by L. R. Packard, Harpers, 1880, may be found a brief 
sketch of a long controversy. This and most of the other questions 
relating to Homer are judiciously treated by D. B. Munro in the arti-« 
cle on Homer in the Encyclopedia Britannica, 9th edition. 


xvi PREFACE. 


they produced the best translated book in the language. 
The hope of Homeric translation lies, I am convinced, in 
the growth of a similar spirit. Who first hit upon a ren- 
dering must cease to be an important question. Just as 
when La Roche makes a probable emendation of the 
Greek text all subsequent editors adopt it, so should it 
be when a happy rendering is proposed. Already there 
is a considerable body of translation common to all ver- 
sions. To add to this should be the ambition of lovers 
of Homer. One sort of originality alone should be prized 
—the originality of a fresh spirit. Where a poet can be 
approached from so many sides, if the translator works 
sincerely, noting in beautiful form what he has himself 
keenly felt, each may produce a homogeneous work of art, 
original and true, while at the same time all will be labor- 
ing together toward an ultimate monumental rendering.! 


1 Between the publication of Chapman’s version and the year 1860 
a new rendering of the Odyssey appeared every thirty years. Since 
the publication of Matthew Arnold’s lectures on Homer the rate of 
issue has been ten times more rapid. The following list will show 
the dates, the translators’ names, and their methods of rendering. To 
books of the present century the name of the publisher is added :— 
1615, George Chapman, five iambics, couplet rhyme. 
1665, John Ogilby, five iambics, couplet rhyme. 
1677, Thomas Hobbes, five iambics, alternate rhyme. 
1725, Alexander Pope, five iambics, couplet rhyme. 
1791, William Cowper, five iambics, unrhymed. 
1823, A Member of the University of Oxford, (Henry Cary), prose, 
Oxford, J. Parker. 
1834, William Sotheby, five iambics, couplet rhyme, London, J. 
Murray. | 


PREFACE. XVil 


Besides the assistance I have had from my predecessors, 
I have been greatly aided by a generous band of living 
scholars who have read and criticised my proof sheets. 
Three or more Books have been revised by my fellow- 
teachers, Mr. Le B. R. Briggs, Prof. L. Dyer, Prof. 
W. W. Goodwin, Prof. C. E. Norton; by Colonel T. 
W. Higginson and Mr. H. E. Scudder, of Cambridge ; 
Rev. J. H. Lee, of Canandaigua, N. Y.; Dr. R. P. Keep, 
of Easthampton; Rev. F. Palmer, of Jenkintown, Pa. ; 
Prof. M. J. Drennan, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; Prof. 


1851, T. H. Buckley, prose, London, Bohn. 

1861, Rev. Henry Alford, Books I.—XII., hendecasyllables, London, 
Longmans. : 

1861, P. S. Worsley, Spenserian stanza, Edinburgh, Blackwoods. 

1862, T. S. Norgate, five iambics, unrhymed, London, Williams & 
Norgate. 

1865, George Musgrave, five iambics, unrhymed, London, Bell & 
Daldy. 

1869, Rev. Lovelace Bigge-Wither, verse of five accents, unrhymed, 
London, J. Parker & Co. 
1869, G. W. Edgington, five iambics, unrhymed, London, Long- 
mans. | 

1872, W. C. Bryant, five iambics, unrhymed, Boston, J. R. Osgood 
& Co. 

1876, M. Barnard, five iambics, unrhymed, London, Williams & 
Norgate. . 

1879, Gen. G. A. Schomberg, five iambics, unrhymed, London, J. 
Murray. 

1879, S. H. Butcher & A. Lang, prose, London, Macmillan & Co. 

1880, Sir C. Du Cane, Books I—XII., seven iambics, couplet 
rhyme, Edinburgh, Blackwoods. 

1880, Avia, six anapaests, couplet rhyme, London, Kegan Paul 
& Co. 


XVill PREFACE. 


O. M. Fernald, of Williamstown. These gentlemen are 
in no way responsible for my renderings, which have often 
been adopted in the face of their protests; but they have 
given me many helpful suggestions, and they have done 
much to deliver me from the oddities which beset a soli- 
tary translator. To them all, and to the many others who 
have given me aid in less palpable ways, I present my 
grateful acknowledgments. 

In the transliteration of Greek names I have not at- 
tempted to follow any one system. A change is un- 
doubtedly going on, which may ultimately remove Greek 
words from Latin influence. That such a result would 
be desirable few will doubt. But some names, especially 
those of places, are so lodged in the language under their 
Latin forms that to spell them as the Greeks spelled 
would at present render them unduly conspicuous in a 
work whose aim is, after all, not archeological. I have 
gone as far as I dared in describing Greek things by 
Greek names, but I have at the same time recognized that 
it is better to be illogical than pedantic. 


Boxrorp, April 2, 1884. 


CONTENTS. 





THe Gops in Councin.— ATHENE ENCOURAGES TE- 
LEMACHOS , 4 3 ; ‘ ‘ i ae 
Tue ASSEMBLY AT ITHAKA, AND THE DEPARTURE OF 
TELEMACHOS . , ; : A é ? . 3d 
At Pytos . ‘ ete : : ‘ é : 65 
At LAKEDAIMON . ; ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ . 99 
THE Boat or OpyYssEus . ‘ ; d ‘ oy ABT 
THe LANDING IN PHAIAKIA , : : : . 191 
THE RECEPTION OF OpyssEUS BY ALKINOOS . ig f5 
THe STAY OF ODYSSEUS IN PHAIAKIA ; : . 239 
THE Story TOLD TO ALKINOOs.— THE LAND OF THE 
CyYcLors . ; : ; : ; ‘ SANG Cake fh! am 
AIOLOS, THE LAISTRYGONIANS, AND CIRCE ‘ . 319 
THe LAND OF THE DEAD . - } ‘ . . 359 
THE SrRENS, SCYLLA; CHARYBDIS, AND THE KINE OF 


THE SUN . 5 ; : : ‘ : ; - 403 


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THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER. 
BOOKS I.-XII. 


OMHPOY OAYSZEIA. 





OAYSZEIAS A. 


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“Avdpa por évverre, Movoa, trorvtporrov, bs wada TONGA 
mrayxOn, émel Tpolns tepov mrodieOpov érrepce: 
moddav §° avOporeav iSev dotea Kal voov éyva, 

Tora 8° 6 vy év rrovt@ mabey adyea bv Kata Ovpor, 
apvipevos Hv Te wuyiv Kal vootov éTaipwv. 5 
GNX” 0vd’ Hs Erdpous éppicaTo, téwevos TeEp* 

avTav yap odetépnow atac0arinow ddovTo, 

yy, ot Kata Bovs “Treplovos ’HeXiowo 

noOov: avtap 6 Tolow adelreTo vooTimoy uap. 

Tov apdbev ye, Gea, Ovyatep Atos, eimré Kal ayiv. 10 

"Ev0’ aGrrou pev travtes, Boor Piyov aimby GreOpor, 
olkot éoav, TWodeudv Te TepevydTes HOE Oddaccar* 
tov 8 olov, voorTov Keypnuévoy Oe yuvaLKos, 
vipon motve épuxe Karvo, dia Oedwr, 
évy omécot yAadbupoict, MAaLomévn TOoW elvat. 15 
GN’ bre 8H Bros HAOe wepitropévav eviavrav, 
T® ot émexAWacavTo Deol oixdvde véerPat 
eis “LOaxnv, ovd’ évOa rrepvypévos jev aéOror, 
Kal peta olor pirouct. Oeol 8’ édéatpov raves 
voogt IIoceddwvos. o 8’ aomepyés pevéawev 20 
avriléw ’Odvonu mdpos ty yaiav ixécOar. 


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tri THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER. 





I. 


THE GODS IN COUNCIL. ATHENE ENCOURAGES TELEMACHOS. 


TELL me, O Muse, of an adventurous man who wan- 
dered far, when he had overthrown the sacred hold of 
Troy. Many the men whose towns he saw, whose ways 
he proved ; and many a pang he bore in his own breast at 
sea while struggling for his life and his men’s safe return. 
But even so, by all his zeal, he did not save his men; 
for through their own perversity they perished — fools! 
who devoured the kine of the exalted sun. Wherefore 
he took away the day of their return. Of this, O god- 
dess, daughter of Zeus, beginning where thou wilt, speak 
even to us. 

Now all the others who were saved from utter ruin were 
at home, safe both from war and sea. Him only, long- 
ing for his home and wife, a potent nymph, Kalypso, a 
heavenly goddess, held in her hollow grotto, desiring him 
to be her husband. Nay, when the time had come in 
the revolving years at which tHe gods ordained his going 
home to Ithaka, even then he was not freed from trouble 
nor amongst his friends. Yet the gods felt compassion, 
all save Poseidon, who fiercely assailed godlike Odysseus 
till he reached his land. 


4 OAYSSEIAS A. 


"AXN’ 6 pév AiPloTras perexiabe tTHrdO’ ovtas, 
Aidiotras, Tol SuvyOa Sedaiatar, éoyatou avdpar, 
e \ / ’ if. e , > / 
of pev Sucopévov ’Yrepiovos, of 8° avivTos, 
avTLOwY TAavpeVv Te Kal apverav éExaTouPns. | 
év0’ & ye tépmreto Saitl tapyuevos: of dé 8 GAdoL | 
Znvos evi peyapoiow ’Odvprriov abpoo jaar. 
al \ fs 9 \ > na n 
totot 5€ pvOwy hpye Tatnp avdpav te Oeav Te 
/ \ \ \ b 4 a 2 
pvincato yap Kata Ovpov aptpovos Aiyicboso, 
tov p’ Aryapeuvovidns tnrexduTOs Extav’ ’Opéotns: 90 
na of > b 0 \ ” > > / 4 
Tov Oy émipvnobels ere’ ABavatoicr peTnvoa: 
‘*) mérot, olov 8n vu Oeods Bpotroi aitiowvrat. 
> e / , a Is e \ \ > ‘ 
€& juéwv yap pact Kak’ Eupevar* ol Sé€ Kai avTot 
a > / e \ , BA 7 a 
opjow atacbarinow imép popov adye’ exovaw, 
@s Kal viv Aiyicbos itrép popov ’Atpeidao 35 
yn’ aroyov pvnotny, Tov 8’ éxtave vootncavta, 
sO N\ > \ + > \ / ¢ ” e Lal 
eldws aimvy OXeOpov* érrel mpd ot eltouer iets, 
e / / 77 > ‘ 
-“Eppeiav tréprpavtes, evoxotrov apyerporTny, 
pnt avrov Ktelvew pnte pvdacOar aKocTwv- 
éx yap Opéctao ticis Exoetar ’Atpeidao, 40 
e eh ¢e / \ e / by 
ommot av nAynon Te Kal Hs (welpetat alns: 
ds &pal’ “Epyelas, adr’ ov dpévas AiyicOot0 
an? > \ / a ’ ¢ f / , f , 
meld’ ayaa dpovewy: viv 8 aOpoa tavt’ atrétice. 
Tov 8’ nuetBer’ erecta Oca yraveatis “AOnvn: 
€ > , ¢€ , li ef. / a 
@ tatep nuetepe Kpovidn, trate xpecovtov, 45 
\ / i > f lal > / 
Kal inv Keivos ye eouxdTt Keita drA€Op@* 
@s amdAotto Kal adros Gris TovadTa ye peor. 
ard pot audh’ ’Odvaqu Saipporr Saieras Hrop, 
, 
Suvopop@, ds 6) 50a dirwv dro Thwata Tacxet 
viow év auddiirn, 60. 7” dudadds gore Oadacons. 8 
vncos Sevdpyjecoa, Gea 8’ ev SHpata valet, 


THE ODYSSEY, I. 5 


But Poseidon was gone among the far-off Ethiopians 
— the Ethiopians, farthest of humankind, divided in two 
tribes, part at the setting of the exalted one, part at his 
rising — there to receive a sacrifice of bulls and rams. 
So sitting at the feast he took his pleasure. The other 
gods, meanwhile, were gathered in the halls of Zeus upon 
Olympos, and among them the father of men and gods 
began to speak; for in his mind he mused of gallant 
Aigisthos, whom Agamemnon’s far-famed son, Orestes, 
slew. Mindful of him, he thus addressed the immortals : 

“Lo, how men blame the gods! From us, they say, 
spring troubles. Yet of their own perversity, beyond 
what is their due, they meet with sorrow; even as this 
Aigisthos, beyond what was his due, married the lawful 
wife of the son of Atreus, and slew her husband on his 
coming home, though well he knew of his own utter ruin. 
For we ourselves forewarned him, dispatching Hermes, 
our clear-sighted Speedy-comer, and told him not to slay 
the man nor woo the wife. ‘ For because of the son of 
Atreus shall come vengeance from Orestes when he is 
grown and feels desire for his land.’ This Hermes said, 
but did not turn the purpose of Aigisthos by his kind- 
ness. Now he has made a full atonement for it all.” 

Then answered him the goddess, keen-eyed Athene: 
“Our father, son of Kronos, most high above all rulers, 
that man assuredly lies in befitting ruin. So perish all 
who do such deeds! But now my heart is torn for wise 
Odysseus, hapless man, who, long cut off from friends, is 
meeting hardship upon a sea-girt island, the navel of the 
sea. Woody the island is, and there a goddess dwells, 


6 OAYSSEIAS A. 


"Arravros Ovydrnp oroddpovos, bs Te Oaddoons 

/ / io 4 / 2% 
maons BévOea oder, Eyer SE Te Klovas avTos 

\ ‘\ a/ } > \ > \ 4 
paxpas, al yatdy Te Kal ovpavov audis Eeyovot. 
/ 

Tod Ouyatnp Svotnvoy odupopevoy KaTEpvKel, 
aiel 5€ paraxotot Kal aipvrAloror AOyouct 
Oérxyer, Straws “IOdnns émidjoeta: avtap ’Odvaceds, 
iéuevos Kat KaTTvOv aTroOpwcKovTa vonaaL . 
hs yalns, Oavéew (petperar. ovd¢ vu col rep 
évtpémetat pirov Top, Oddie. ov vt tT ‘Odvaceds 
ie | , \ \ / ec a e/7 

pyelwv mapa vnvol yapifeto iepa péelov 
dh ol > > / . =; 4 t / , 8 / Z ie b] 

poin év evpeln; TL vv of Tocov wdvaao, Zed; 

/ 

Thv & arapeBopuevos tpocéhn vedernyepéta Zevs: 
‘ réxvov euov, motov oe eros huryev Epkos ddovTaD. 

la) > A 
Tas av éret ‘Odvaojos éy® Oeiovo AaSoipnv, 
Os mepl ev voov éaotl Bporay, Tepi 8’ ipa Ocotow 
> / 4 \ bd \ > \ 4 
abavatowcw &wxe, Tol oipavoy eipdy Exovaw ; 
Gra ITocevddwv yainoxos adoKxedés atév 
Kikroros xexorotat, dv opParpyod adawcer, 
avrTiOcov IIokvdnpov, ov Kpdtos éotl péyiotov 
macw Kukrorecot: Oowoa 5é pw téxe viudn, 
Dopxvvos Ovydtnp, ados atpuyétoto pédovTos, 
év orécot yAadbupoiot ITocedawvi puyeioa. 
éx tov 8) "Odvoja Tloceddawy évocixbav 
ov TL KaTaKTelvet, TAaCE 8 amd TaTpidos ains. 
GAN ayeO’, Hweis olde mepippalopeba raves 
vootov, drws @MOnou: TIocevdawy 5é peOjoer 
a 4 > \ / / > / 
Ov xOAOV* ov pev yap TL duVHcETaL avTla TavTOD 
b / 27 n > / “4 ? 
alavatov aéknte Ocav Epidaivépev oios. 

Tov 8 npeiBer érerta Ded yravearis “AOnvn: 
‘3 s eee K S of , 

@ watep nuéTepe Kpovidn, trate KpetovTor, 


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THE ODYSSEY, I. 7 


daughter of baleful Atlas who knows the depths of every 
sea and himself holds the lofty pillars which keep earth 
and sky asunder. His daughter has confined this hapless, 
sorrowing man, and ever with tender and insistent words 
allures him to forgetfulness of Ithaka. Yet still Odys- 
seus, through longing but to see the smoke spring from 
his land, desires to die. Nevertheless, your heart turns 
not, Olympian one. Did not Odysseus seek your favor 
among the Argive ships, by offering sacrifice upon the 
plain of Troy? Why then are you so wroth against him, 
Zeus?” 

Then answered her cloud-gathering Zeus, and said: 
“My child, what word has passed the barrier of your 
teeth? How could I e’er forget kingly Odysseus, who is 
beyond all mortal men in wisdom, beyond them too in 
giving honor to the immortal gods, who hold the open sky? 
Nay, ’t is Poseidon, the girder of the land, is ceaselessly 
enraged about the Cyclops, whom Odysseus blinded of 
his eye, the god-like Polyphemos, whose is the greatest 
power among all Cyclops. A nymph, Thodsa, bore him, 
daughter of Phorkys, lord of the barren sea, having within 
the hollow caves united with Poseidon. And since that 
day the earth-shaking Poseidon does not indeed destroy 
Odysseus, but he drives him wandering from his land. 
But come, let us all here plan for his turning homeward. 
So shall Poseidon abate his anger, for he shall have no 
power, defying all, to strive alone with the immortal gods.” 

Then answered him the goddess, keen-eyed Athene: 
“Our father, son of Kronos, most high above all rulers, 


8 OAYSSEIAS A. 


et ev 52 viv TovTo Pirov paxdpecot Oeoior, 
vooticat "Odvaona Saippova vie Sopovde, 
id E / \ 7 P) / bd 4 

puelav pev errevta, SuaKtopov apyerpovrny, 
vicov és ’Qyuyinv otpvvouev, dbpa TayioTa 
Nipdyn évrroKxdwo ely vnueptéa Bovrny, 

, ’ rn / ce / 
vootov "Odvacnos tarkacippovos, ds Ke vénTat. 
aitap éyav "L0axnvd’ écerevoopat, Sppa ot viov 
HadXov érrotpive, Kal oi pévos év Ppeci Oeia, 
eis Gyopiv Kadécavta Kapn Kopowvtas ’Ayatods 
Tact pynotnpecow amevméwev, of TE Of ailel 
UAN ddwa chdfovar kal eidlmodas @kas Bods. 
méurpo 8° és Yardprnv te kal és IIvdAov jyaboevta, 
vooToV TevaduEevoy TaTpos pidov, Hv Tou akovon, 
nO Wwa pw Kréos éEcOdov ev avOparaow eynow. 

“Qs eirovo’ tro tocol édnoato Kada TédiXa, 
> , 4 / lA > \ D2) £ \ 
apBpdcwa, yptoca, Ta piv hépov nuev ed’ bypynv 
nO én’ atetpova yaiav aya tvouns avéuoto. 

¢ > »+ 4 > / gs Lal 
[etrero 8’ GAKipov eyyos, akaxpévov o&& yadKe, 
Bp.80, péya, otiBapov, TH Sduvynor otiyas dvdpav 
Hpowv, Toiciv te KoTécoeTat OSpimoTarpn. | 
BH 8 Kat’ OdrAdpTrowo Kaphjvav ai~aca, 
oth 8° ’L0dknns évi Shum éml rpoOvpos ’Odvojos, 
ovdod ém’ addelour mardun 8’ ye yddxKeov eyyos, 
eidouévn Ecivo, Tadiwv tyntopt, Mévrn. 
evpe 8°’ dpa pvnothpas ayjnvopas. of pev erevta 
mecootc. mpotrdpoile Oupdwv Ouvpov éreptroy, 

4 > 4 an a »” > 
Nuevot év pivotar Bowy, ods extavoy avo. 
knpuKes 8° adtoiot Kal drpnpol Oeparovres 

e an 
ot péev ap’ olvoy Eusoryov evi Kpnthpot Kal vdwp, 


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if it be now the pleasure of the blessed gods that wise 
Odysseus shall return to his own home, let us send 
Hermes forth— the Guide, the Speedy-comer — into the 
island of Ogygia, to tell the fair-haired nymph at once 
our steadfast purpose, that stout Odysseus shall set forth 
upon his homeward way. I,in the mean while, haste to 
Ithaka, to rouse his son yet more, and to put vigor in his 
breast; that so, summoning an assembly of the long- 
haired Achaians, he may speak out his will to all the 
suitors, men who continually butcher his thronging flocks 
and swing-paced, crook-horned oxen. And I will send him 
forth to Sparta and to sandy Pylos, to seek what he may 
hear of his dear father’s coming, and so to win a good re- 
port amongst mankind.” 

Saying this, under her feet she bound her beautiful 
sandals, immortal, made of gold, which carry her over 
the flood and over the boundless land swift as a breath of 
wind. She took her ponderous spear, tipped with sharp 
bronze, thick, long, and strong, with which she vanquishes 
the ranks of men — of heroes, even — when this daughter 
of a mighty sire is roused against them. Then she went 
dashing down the ridges of Olympos and in the land of 
Ithaka stood by the gate of Odysseus, at the threshold of 
his court. Within her hand she held her brazen spear 
and seemed the stranger Mentes, the Taphian leader. 
Here then she found the lordly suitors. They were amus- 
ing themselves with games of draughts before the palace 
door, seated on hides of oxen which they themselves had 
slain. Pages and busy squires were near; some mixing 
wine and water in the bowls, others with porous sponges 


10 OAYSSEIAS A. 


of 8° avTe omdyyoict TodvTpHTOLoL TpaTrélas 
vitov kal mpoTiBev, Tol d€ Kpéa mora SatedyTo. 

Ti S€ modrv mpatos ide Tyréuaxos Peoerdi)s, 
Roto yap év pvnothpor pirov tetinpévos Hrop, 
daodpuevos tatép écOrov évi ppeciv, el trodev EXOov 15 
pvnoTnpev TOV méev oKédacw Kata Swpata Gein, 
tiny 8 avtos éyou Kal KTHwacwW olow avdcool. 
Ta hpovéwv, pvnotipar peOnpevos, elcid’ “AOnvyv. 
BA & ids mpoOdpowo, veweconOn 8° evi Cvpo 
Ecivov 5n0a Ovpnow éheotdpev: éyyvOu dé otras 120 
yelp Ere SeEvrepyy Kal édéEato yadKeov &yxos, 
kal pw povicas érea Trepdevta mpoonvoa’ 

‘ Xaipe, Eeive, wap dupe pirrjyoear: avtap érevta 
Selrrvov Taccdpevos pvOnoccat StTEO we YPN. 

“Qs eirav iyeiO’, 4 8° Gorero Tladdads ’AOnvn. = 1 
of 8’ éte bn p &vtocbev Ecav Souov iynroio, 
éyyos pév p’ eatnce hépwv mpos Klova paxprv 
Souvpoddxns evtocOev év&dov, evOa rep adra 
eyye "OSuccios tadacippovos totato Todd, 
avtny 8 és Opovoy cicev &ywv, bTO Nita TweTdcaas, 180 
Kanov Saiddreov: bd Sé Ophvus toclv jer. 
map 8 avros Kdopov Béro TrotKidov, ExToley GAdrwV 
pvnotnpov, pn Ecivos avinbels dpupayds@ 
Selrve adnoeev, vreppidrovot petedov, 
nd’ Wa piv rept TaTpds amrovyopuévoto EpolTo. 185 
xépviBa S° duditroros mpoydw émréyeve Pépovea 
KanH xXpuvoein, UTép apyvpéoto AéByTOs, 
vipacbar: mapa Sé ~eotny érdvucce tpadmelav. 
aitoy 8° aidoin tauin mapéOnke pépovea, 
eldata TOAN éribeioa, yapifouéevn TapeovTwv ' 140 


THE ODYSSEY, I. 11 


washing tables and laying ready, while others still cut up 
a store of meat. 

By far the first to see Athene was godlike Telemachos. 
For he was sitting with the suitors, sad at heart, pictur- 
ing in mind his noble father — how he might come from 
somewhere, make a scattering of the suitors up and down 
the house, take to himself his honors, and be master of 
his own. Thinking on this while he sat among the suit- 
ors, Athene met his eye. Straight to the door he went, 
at heart ashamed to have a stranger stand so long before 
his gates. So drawing near and grasping her right hand, 
he took her brazen spear, and, speaking, said to her in 
winged words: ‘ Hail, stranger; here with us you shall 
be welcome, and by and by, when you have tasted food, 
you shall make known your needs.” 

Saying this, he led the way, and Pallas Athene followed. 
When they were come within the lofty hall, he carried the 
spear to a tall pillar and set it in a well-worn rack, where 
also stood many a spear of stout Odysseus. Athene her- 
self he led to a chair and seated, spreading a linen cloth 
below. Good was the chair and richly wrought; beneath 
it was a footstool for the feet. Beside it, for himself, he 
set a sumptuous seat apart from all the suitors, for fear 
the stranger, worried by their din, might lose his taste 
for food, meeting with churlish men; and then that he 
might ask him, too, about his absent father. Now water 
for the hands a servant brought them, in a beautiful pitcher 
made of gold, and poured it out over a silver basin for 
their washing, and by them spread a polished table. And 
the grave housekeeper brought bread and placed before 


12 OAYSSEIAS A. 


\ A 
Sautpos Sé xpeav tivaxas mapéOnkev delpas 
mavroiwy, mapa 5é ogi Tier ypvcea KUTENAG® 

n > > a / 2-2 / > 4 
Khpv& & avtoiow Odp’ ér@yeto oivoyoebwv. 

? > 4 fo! 

Es 8° 7AGov pvnortipes ayjvopes. of pev errevta 
e / ¢ 2% UA Ud 
eens eCovro Kata Krtcpovs Te Opovous Te. 
Tota. Sé KypuKes mev Vdwp éml yelpas eyevar, 
aitov d€ duwal rapeviveov év Kavéo.ct, 
kodpot S€ Kpntipas érectéyavto Toroio. 
ot 8° ém’ dveiad’ éErotwa mpoKeipeva vetpas laddov. 

> \ \ / \ UA b] ” id 
auTap émel Toavos Kal édntvos €& Epov EvTo 
punothpes, Toicw pev evi ppeciv ara pepurret, 

, <9 , \ / 9 3 / / 
form T OpynoTls Te’ TA yap T avaOnyata SaLTOs. 
Knpv&é 8° év xepoly KiOapw mepixarr€éa OfxKe 
Pywiw, Os p' Hevde Tapa prnothpow avayKn. 

4 Tot 0 poppifwyv aveBddreTo Kadov aeidewy, 
avtap Tnréuayos tpocépyn yAaveariv ’AOnvny, 
ayxs cxov xeharynv, wa pr) twevOolab’ oi adXou- 
‘ Betve pir, 4 Kal pou veweonoecar STTL Kev elTwW; 
/ \ na / / \ > \ 
ToUToLoW péev TadTa pércl, KiPapis Kal aoLd?), 
pet’, émel adXOTpLov BioTov vytrowoy edovaw, 
avépos of 8n Tov revK dotéa TUOETAL GuBpw 
/ PIF exe / x > c \ ‘al / 
Kelwev err nrrelpov, 7) ely GAL Kdua KvrvoeL. 
> m: se Dy om / > / / 
et Kelvov y “L0dxnvde idoiato vootncavta, 
mavtes K apnoaiat édadpoTtepot todas elvay 
rn ee 
q apvewotepor ypvaoio te éxOAros Te. 


vov 8’ 6 pev Bs amoAwAe KaKov popov, OvdE TLS Hmiv 


ra} \ 7 , > / b , 
adktwp, e mép Tis ériyOoviov avOpeTrav 
djow édevcecOar* Tov 8’ wAETO vooTLoY Hap. 
> 
GX’ aye por TOde eimé Kal atpexéws KaTareEor: 
/ , > + Lage “ / f > \ ipl 
tis moev eis avopav ; moOt Tor Toms HSE TOKIeES ; 


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THE ODYSSEY, I. 13 


them, setting out food of many a kind, freely giving of 
her store. The carver, too, took platters of meat, and 
placed before them, meat of all kinds, and set their 
golden goblets ready; while a page, pouring wine, passed 
to and fro between them. 

Now there came in the lordly suitors. These soon 
took seats in order, on couches and on chairs. Pages 
poured water on their hands. Maids heaped them bread 
in trays, and young men brimmed the bowls with drink. 
And on the food spread out before them they laid hands. 
So after they had stayed desire for drink and food — 
these suitors —then in their thoughts they turned to 
other things, the song and dance, which crown a feast. 
And a page put a beautiful lyre into the hands of Phe- 
mios, who sang perforce among the suitors. Touching 
the lyre, he made his prelude to a beautiful song. Then 
said Telemachos to keen-eyed Athene, his head bent close, 
that others might not hear: 

“ Good stranger, will you take offense at what I say? 
These things are all their care, — the lyre and song, — 
an easy care, since making no amends, they eat another’s 
substance, that of a man whose white bones now are rot- 
ting in the rain, if lying on the land, or in the sea the 
waters roll them round. But were they once to see him 
coming home to Ithaka, they all would pray rather for 
speed of foot than stores of gold and clothing. But he, 
instead, by some hard fate is gone, and naught remains to 
us of comfort — no, not if any man on earth shall say he 
still will come. Passed is his day of coming. But now 
declare me this, aad plainly tell, who are you? Of what 


14 OAYSSEIAS A. 


c / bee Dok * \ > / 3 a bé le) 
ommoins tT éml vnos adbixeo' Tas O€ ce vadTaL 
Hyayov eis “LOaxnv ; tives Eupevar evyetowvo ; 
> \ 4 U \ o/ > 7D? ©¢ , 
ov wev yap TL oe mebov diouar évOad’ ixéo Oat. 
/ 4 Ae SB 4 5 nye 4 : ON « AS Rd 
Kai pot TovT ayopevooy éerHtupov, Opp’ ev €ldO, 
at / Oé > \ ee b] 175 
ne véov peOérrets, ) Kal TaTp@L.os éoot 
a > \ The f > / e / 80 
Ecivos, é7rel moot ioav avépes HueTEepov OO 
Grol, eel kal Keivos ériatpopos hv avOpatrav.’ 
Tov 8 adte mpocéevre Oca yravearis “AO jvn: 
‘ Touyap éyw ToL TavTa par aTpeKéws ayopevow. 
A +4 
Mévrns ’Ayyidroto Saihpovos evyopwat eivat 180 
vios, atap Tadiovcr didrnpétpoiow avacow. 
vov 8’ @de Edy vnl KatHrvOov 75° étapotct, 
TrEwv él olvoTa TovToy ém AadXOPpoous avOpwrrous, 
> / \ \ bd ? ” / 
és Tewéonv peta yarkov, &yw 8’ al€wva oidnpov. 
a / 7? of DD ee a! / / 
pnos 5é pou 40’ éotnkev er’ aypod voods méAnos; 185 
év Aupéve “PeiOpw, bd Nyio trjevtt. 
Ecivor 8’ addnAwY TaTpaLoL edyopeD’ elvat 
> > n vy / / 3 ” > \ 
é& apxijs, el mép Te yépovt eipnar éredOav 
Aagptnv fpwa, tov ovKéte hacl rodwde 
épyecO’, adn arrdvevOev én’ aypod THyata Tacyew 1% 
\ \ > / iA ¢e al U / 
ypnt adv audiror, 4 of Bpaciv Te wocw Te 
@ an 9 9 / \ lal / 
mapTiOei, eb’ av pw Kdparos Kata yuia AaByow 
e 4 > > \ \ > Qn > / 
éptrvCovt’ ava youvoyv adwijs oivorédo.o. 
a 5 
vov 8’ HdOov: 8) yap pw epavt’ éridnuwov elvat, 
\ / 
cov watép* adda vu Tov ye Deol Brdmrover KedevOov. 
ov yap mw TéOvnKxev él yOovi Sios ’Odvaceds, 196 
> ries \ 4 > a f 
GNX ett Tov Cwos KaTEpvKETaL evpés TOVTO, 
/ 3 > 4 / 
vnow év awhiptty, xarerrol Sé pov avdpes exovow, 
” n 
Gyptot, of Trou Keivoy épuKavowa aéxovTa. 
> a > tal 
auTap viv ToL eyo pavTevcopat, @s evi Ouvp@ 200 


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THE ODYSSEY, I. 15 


people? Where is your town and kindred? On what 
ship did you come? And how did sailors bring you to 
Ithaka? Whom did they call themselves? For I am 
sure you did not come on foot. And tell the truth in this, 
that I may know full well if for the first time you now 
visit here, or are you my father’s friend? For many a 
man from foreign lands once sought our home ; because 
Odysseus also was a rover in the world.” 

Then said to him the goddess, keen-eyed Athene: 
“Then I will very plainly tell you all: Mentes I call 
myself, the son of wise Anchialos, and I am lord of the 
oar-loving Taphians. Even now I ran in here, with ship 
and crew, when sailing over the wine-dark sea to men of 
a strange speech, to Temesé, for bronze; and I carry 
glittering iron. Here my ship lies, just off the fields out- 
side the town, within the bay of Reithron, under woody 
Neion. Hereditary friends we count ourselves, from early 
days, as you may learn if you will go and ask old lord 
Laértes, who, people say, comes to the town no more, but 
far out in the country suffers hardship, an aged woman 
his attendant, who supplies him food and drink whenever 
weariness weighs down his knees, as he creeps about his 
slope of vineyard ground. It was but now I came, for 
people said your father was at home. Yet, as I see, the 
gods delay his journey. For royal Odysseus has not died 
in any land, but somewhere still alive, lingers on the 
wide sea, upon some sea-girt island, and cruel men con- 
strain him —some savage folk, who hold him there against 
his will. Nay, I will make such prophecy as the immor- 
tals are forcing on my mind, and as I think will happen ; 


16 OAYSSEIAS A. 


aOdvarot BddrXover Kali ws TeréecOar dla, 
” / 94a wv 9 > na / > , 
oUTe TL pavTIs ewv ovT oiwvav cada eidds. 
; , 
ov Tou Ete Snpov ye Hidns amo tratpisos ains 
4 +9? > ¥ / / tee 4 
ExoeTat, ovd' et Tép Te oLdnpea Séopat eyyot: 

/ 4 / > \ / f > 
ppdocetar os Ke véntat, érel ToAupHYaVvos éoTLV. — 205 
GN’ rye pot TOOe eimré Kal atpexéws KaTdreL£or, 

> \ PI ? a , / 4 bd n 
el 67) €& avdtoio Tocos mdis eis “Odvajos. 
aivas pev Keparyv Te Kal Gupata Kara éotKas 
Kelv@, émrel Paya Ttoiov éutoyopueO’ addyroILo1, 
mpl ye tov és Tpoiny avaBypevat, évOa rep addor 210 
’"Apyelwv ot &pictor EBay Koidkns evi vnuciv: 
éx toe 8’ovr "Odvaja éywv idov ovT éué Keivos.’ 
Tiv S ad Tnréuayos terupévos avtiov nvda: 
‘ \ Sri Pp a /\? 9 / > 4 
Touyap éyw Tol, Eeive, par atpekéws ayopetow. 
lal 7 > \ > / 
pntnp pev T eué nov TOV Eupevat, avTap eyo ye 2b 
> so? > / / e\ / > \ > / 
ovk 01d’* ov yap TH TIS EdV YOvoy avTOS avéeyva. 
ey 
@s 87 éyo y Sherov pdKapos vd Tev Eupevat vios 
avépos, dv KTEdTEToW Eols Et yipas ETeTpE. 
e / n 
vov 8 ds amotpoTatos yévero Ovntav avOpoTor, 
a aaa. / > \ / 9 52 , > 
Tov mw’ &k dace yevécOar, érrel cd pe TodT’ épecivers. 220 
Tov 8° abre mpocéevre Oca yravedris “AOHvy: 
‘ov péev Tor yevenv ye Geol vovupvorv otricca 

a b] \ / a > / / 
Ojxav, érrel oé ye Toiov éyeivato IInvedorreca. 
GAN drye pou TOE etme Kal aTpeKéws KaTareEor: 

>] 

tis Sals, tis 5é Suiros 65’ erdeto ; Timte Sé ce YpEw; 
eiAatrivn He yapos; émel ovx Epavos Tade y éoTiv. 226 
@s Té por UBpilovtes brepdidraws Soxéovor 

Saivvcbat Kata S@pa. vEeweconcaiTo Kev avnp 

= Ee a er ¢ , , ; 
aloyea TON opdwy, Gs Tis mMuvuTos ye peTérOo.. 

Tiv S&S ab Tyréuayos memvupévos avtiov nida: 230 


THE ODYSSEY, I. 17 


although I am no prophet and have no skill in bird- 
lore. Henceforth, not long shall he be absent from his 
own dear land, though iron fetters bind him. Some means 
he will devise to come away; for many a shift has he. 
But come, declare me this, and plainly tell, if you indeed 
—so tall — are the true son of Odysseus. In head and 
beautiful eyes you surely are much like him. For we 
were often together before he embarked for Troy, whither 
others, too, —the bravest of the Argives, — went in their 
hollow ships. But since that day I have not seen Odys- 
seus, nor he me.” 

Then answered her discreet Telemachos: “ Yes, stran- 
ger, I will plainly tell you all. My mother says I am 
his child ; I myself do not know; for no one ever yet 
knew his own parentage. Yet would I were the son of 
some blest man on whom old age had come amongst his 
own possessions. But now, the man born most ill-fated 
of all human kind —of him they say I come, since this 
you ask me.” 

Then said to him the goddess, keen-eyed Athene: 
“Surely the gods meant that your house should not lack 
future fame, when to such son as you Penelope gave birth. 
But come, declare me this and plainly tell, what is the 
feast? What company is this? And what is your part 
here? Some drinking bout or wedding? It is no table 
where the guests bear equal charge. So rude they seem, 
in pride, feasting about the hall. A man must be indig- 
nant who comes here in his senses and looks on all this 
outrage.” 

Then answered her discreet Telemachos: “ Stranger, — 


i: OAYSSEIAS A. 


a lal ‘ 
‘ Eeiv’, eel dp 82 Tadra p’ avelpear Ade peTadras, 
/ / Ss v¢o> 9 \ \ > 7 
péeArev pév Tote oikos 60° advetds Kal aptpov 
pA > + n eee" > ’ > 
eupevat, Opp’ Ett Keivos avnp émvdyptos ev: 
vov 8’ étépws €BdrovTo Deol Kaka pntiowvTes, 
ot Keivov pév auotov érroincay Tepl TavTwV 
> / > \ ” 4 @D? 9 / 
avOparrwv, éret od Ke Oavovts Tep Wd’ axayolpymp, 
> \ e / / , > Es) a 
el peta ois étdpoioct Sadun Tpdawv évi Sipe, 
née pitwv év yepolv, eel wodeuov ToAVTEVCE. 
T@ Kév of TUUBoV meV érrol IT Lol 
( pBov pev érroincay Ilavayaiol, 
LANDA \ = \ / / A we / 
noé Ke Kal @ Tradl péya KA€os pat oriccw. 
a / b lal [cA > / 
viv O€ piv akreds apmuiar avnpetayto- 
> Ma A 7 > \ ? 48 4 4 
OLYET ALOTOS, AmvaTOS, éuol 8’ ddvVas TE YyOoUS TE 
KdddiTrev* ovd’ Ett Keivov ddupdpevos oTevayito 
- / 
olov, émrel vv oor GAXa Oeot Kaka Kyde érevEav. 
doco yap vicoiow éemixpatéovow dpiorot, 
/ / \ e / 4 
Aovriyio te Sdpyn te nal trAynevte ZaxivOg, 
> > wv \ r] / / / 
no dacou kpavany "I0axnv Kata Kotpavéovot, 
TOTTOL pNTép’ Euiy pvavTat, Tpvyovcr Sé olKoV. 
id > #7 > a \ 4 LA \ 
8 ovr apveitas ctuyepov yauov ovTE TEeXEUTHY 
moijoar Sivatar: Tol bé POiwiOovow edovTes 
s Ee 4 LA / PD. FONE 
olxov éuov: taya On pe Siappaicovor Kal avTov. 
> , 
Tov 8 érarxactycaca tpoonvda IIaddas ’AOnvn: 
/ >? A 
‘@ Tool, 7 67 Todo atrovyopévov ‘Odvojjos 
n / Qn b] / 
Sevn, 6 Ke pvnoThpow avaidéot yetpas eden. 
n / UA 
el yap vuv édX\Oav Sopuov év mpwtyot Ovpnor 
\ UA nr 
otain, éywv THAnKa Kal aorlda Kal Svo0 Sodpe, 
al > ab pe Wee 
Totos éwy oloy piv eyo Ta TpaT évonca 
/ 
olx@ é€v tueTépm TivovTa TE TepTopmevoy Te, 
/ 
é& “Edvpns aviovta trap "Ihov Meppepidao: 
a A \ \ 
@yeTo yap Kal Keioe Bons él vnds ’Odveceds 


THE ODYSSEY, I. 19 


since now you ask of this and question me, —in former 
days this house bade fair to be wealthy and esteemed, 
while yet that man was still among his people. But the 
hard-purposed gods willed otherwise, who shut him from 
our knowledge more than all men beside. For were he 
dead, I should not feel such grief —if he had fallen 
amongst comrades in the Trojan land, or in the arms of 
friends when the skein of war was wound. Then would 
the whole Achaian host have made his grave, and even for 
his son a great name had been gained in after days. Now, 
silently the robber winds have swept him off. Gone is he, 
past all sight and hearing, and sorrow and sighing he has 
left to me. And yet no longer doI grieve and mourn for 
him alone ; for now the gods have brought me other sore 
distress. For all the nobles that bear sway among the 
islands, — Doulichion, Samé, and woody Zakynthos, — 
and all who have the power in rocky Ithaka, all woo my 
mother and despoil my house. She neither declines the 
hated suit, nor has she power to end it; while they, with 
feasting, impoverish my house, and soon will bring me 
also to destruction.” 

Stirred into anger, Pallas Athene spoke: “ Alas! in 
very truth, you greatly need absent Odysseus, to lay hands 
on the shameless suitors. What if even now he came, 
and here before his house stood at the outer gate, with 
helmet, shield, and his two spears —even such as when I 
watched him that first day at my own home, drinking and 
making merry, on his way from Ephyra, from Ilos, son of 
Mermeros. For thither, too, Odysseus went in his swift 


20 OAYSSEIAS A. 


papyaxov avdpopovoy Sufjpevos, Sppa ot ein 
ios yplerOar yadknpeas' AXXO pev ov oF 
Sadxev, érrei pa Oeovs vepwerifero aiéy éovtas, 
fal cd 
GNA -ratnp of SaKev euos' hiréecke yap aivas. 
BA - ¢ , , 
Tolos é@v pynoThpaw omirnoeev ’Odvaceds: 
mavtes K @Kvpsopol Te yevolaTo TiKpOyapol Te. 
> > @ \ n n > 4 a 
GXX' 4 Tor pev Tadta Oedy ev yowvact KeiTaL, 
H Kev vooTHCaS aTroTiceTal, He Kal OvKl, 
olow évi peydpoiot: oé 8& hpavterOat avwya 
OTTws Ke LYNOTHpas amdceat ex weydpoto. — 
et 8” aye vov Evviee kal éuav éurraleo pd0wv: 
+ > > \ / 4 > \ 
apo els ayopiy Kadécas Hpwas "Ayatods 
HidOov réppade Tact, Oeot 8’ éridptupor éotov. 
Lol \ ERS , , +” 
pynothpas pev ert ohétepa cridvacba avoy%, 
/ ’ yy e \ > A / 

untépa 8’, el of Ovpos ébopuarar yapéerOan, 
Gal itm és péyapov ratpos péya Suvapévoso: 

e 
ot Sé yduov tevf£ovor Kal aptuvéovow éedva 


Toda par’, boca eouxe Pirns él tratdds erecOar. 


cot 8 avte muKwas broOncoua, ai Ke winas: 
vy apoas épétnow éeixoow, H tis apiorn, 
Epxeo Tevoouevos Tatpos div oiyouévoro, 

qv Tis Tot elrnot Bpotav, i) dccay axovons 

éx Aws, } Te waduota hépe Kré0s avOpwrro.or. 


mpara pev és ITdrov €rOé Kal elpeo Néoropa Sior, 


Keidev 5€ Srdprnvde mapa EavOov Mevédaov: 
Os yap Sevtaros HAOev ’Ayaidv yadKoyiTovar. 
et pév Kev tratpds Biotov Kal voctov aKovons, 
Na ? a , , : 4 / > 
9) T GY TpvxYo_EVvOS Trep ETL Tans EviaVTOV* 
et S€ Ke TeOvndTos axovons pnd’ er edvTos, 

/ ae. A I > / tal 
vootycas 6) érerta pidnv és matpida yatav 


270 


275 


20 


THE ODYSSEY, I. 21 


ship, seeking a deadly drug in which to dip his brazen ar- 
rows. But Ilos gave it not, because he feared gods, ever 
living. Yet this my father gave him, for he held him 
strangely dear. If as he was that day Odysseus now might 
meet the suitors, they all would find quick turns of fate 
and bitter rites of marriage. 

“ At all events, in the gods’ lap it lies whether or no he 
shall return and wreak revenge within his halls. But you 
yourself I bid to plan to thrust the suitors from your door. 
Come, give me ear and make my words your guide. To- 
morrow, calling to an assembly the Achaian lords, make 
known your will to all, and the gods be your witness! 
The suitors, bid disperse, each to his own. And for your 
mother, if her heart inclines to marriage, let her return 
once more to the hall of her powerful father. They there 
shall make the wedding and arrange the many gifts which 
should accompany a well-loved child. Then for yourself 
I offer sound advice, if you will hearken. Fit out a ship, 
the best you have, with twenty oarsmen, and go and gather 
tidings of your long-absent father. Perhaps some man 
‘ean tell you, or you may catch a rumor sent from Zeus, 
that carries tidings far and wide amongst mankind. First 
go to Pylos, and question royal Nestor. Then on to 
Sparta, to light-haired Menelaos ; for he came last among 
the mailed Achaians. And if you hear your father is 
alive and coming home, however weary, still you might 
submit for one year more. But if you hear that he is 
dead — no longer with the living — you shall at once re- 
turn to your own native land, and pile his mound and 


22 OAYSSEIAS A. 


A / e wn \ POS / é: 
ona Té ol Yevar Kal ert KTépea KTepelEar 
A a 
TOMA par’, booa Eoixe, Kal avépt pntépa Sodvas. 
> \ > \ \ . na ‘ / \ ” 
avtap émnv bn TavTa TeXeuTHONS Te Kal EpEns, 

\ . \ 
ppaverOar 6) Erevta Kata hpéva Kat Kata Ovpov 
Ormws Ke uvnoThpas évl pweydpoioe Teoior 295 

A 
krelvys né Som 4 aupaddv: ovdé Ti ce ypH 
vnTidas Oxéev, émrEl ovKETL THALKOS éool. 
‘ ; a > 
4 ovK alets olov Kr€os EArXaBe Sios Opéarns 
2 x A 
mavras é@ davOpwrovs, érel Extave Tatpodhovija, 
AiyicOov Sorountw, 6 ot watépa KdvTOV ExTa ; 300 
7 2 
Kal ov, Piros, pada yap o Opdw Kadov Te péyaV TE, 
BA ” > vA / Ri pod / 9 y 
adKkyos éoo’, va Tis oe Kal OYpuyover ed eimn. 
> \ » ee! > n @ \ 4 an) 
avTap éyov émi via Oonv Katerdevcouat dn 
>. e / ~ 4 4~? > / / 
NO €ETApoOVS, Ol TOU pe MAX aayYardowot péEvoVTES* 
col 8’ avt@ peréta, Kal eudv eumdteo piOwv.’ 805 
A ’ 
Tiv & ab Tyréuayos wervupévos avriov nida* 
a? 9S \ nr 
‘ Eeiv’, ) Tov wev tadta dira dpovéwy ayopevers, 
ef \ e \ \ A U XA 
@S TE TaTNP @ Taldl, Kal ov ToTE AjoOmaL a’TOD. 
> > » nn > / > / , e tal 
ahr aye viv émipewov, érrevyopevos Tep odoto, 
4 / / a 
Oppa Aoecodpevos Te TeTapTOpmevds Te Hirov Kip, 810 
La 4 \ n Lal 
ddpov éywv él via Kins, yalpov evi Oupud, 
a \ 
TiuHev, pada Kanrov, 6 ToL KeLurrLOY ~oTaL 
> fal an ‘al 
€& ewed, ofa dirou Eeivor Eeivorcr Sid0dct.’ 
\ | Aes 2:3 a 
Tov 8° nyelBer’ revra Oed yravedris ’AOnvn: 
/ > + n e n 
“pn mb €Tt viv KaTépuKe, NAaLopmEvov Tep Odoio. 815 
a >, , + 
Odpov 8’ Srru xé por Sovvar Pirov Hrop dveryn, 
5 4 , r eo 7 
auTis avepyouevp Sopevat oixdvde hépec Oat, 
\ / \ a 
Kal aha Kadov éhov. col 8 adkiov gota apwotBhs.’ 
¢ \ yoOd > rn 3 a 
HI pev ap’ &s eitrota’ aréBn yravewmis "AOhvn, 
v 7 A > a a 
Opis 8° s avotraia Siérrato: tO 8’ évi Oud 820 


THE ODYSSEY, I. 23 


pay the funeral rites, full many, as are due, and you shall 
give your mother to a husband. So after you have ended 
this and finished all, consider next within your mind and 
heart how you may slay the suitors in your halls, whether 
by stratagem or open force. You must not hold to child- 
ish ways, for you are of childish age no longer. Have 
you not heard what fame royal Orestes gained with all 
mankind, because he slew the slayer, wily Aigisthos, who 
had slain his famous father? You too, my friend, —for 
of a truth I find you fair and tall, — be strong, that even 
men hereafter born may speak your praise. Now go I 
down to the swift ship and to my comrades,who no doubt 
chafe at waiting. Rely upon yourself,and make my words 
your guide.” 

Then answered her discreet Telemachos: “ Stranger, 
assuredly in this you speak with kindness, even as a father 
toason. Never shall I forget it. But pray, now, stay, 
though eager for your journey; that being bathed, re- 
freshed in very soul, you turn to your ship in joyous mood, 
bearing a gift of honor, very beautiful, to be to you a 
keepsake from myself, even such a thing as dear friends 
give to friends.” 

Then answered him the goddess, keen-eyed Athene: 
“Do not detain me longer now, when anxious for my 
journey. And whatsoever gift your kind heart bids you 
give, give it when I return, for me to carry home. Choose 
one exceeding beautiful; it shall be matched in the ex- 
change.” 

Saying this, keen-eyed Athene passed away, even 
as a bird —a sea-hawk — takes its flight. Into his 


24 OAYSSEIAS A. 


AF / } 0 / ¢ / / 2 \ 
Ke pévos Kal Odpoos, vréuvnoéy Té € TaTpos 
padnov er’ ) TO mapoibev. oO Sé dpeclv Hat vonoas 
fa / \ @ / oY \ \ 9 
auBnoe Kata Ovpov: dicato yap Oeov eivar. 
> / \ n > / ? / / 
autixa b€ wvnotipas ém@yeto icdbeos pas. 
Toict 5’ dowdos deide trepixrvTos, of 8¢ ciwTh 825 
o 9 9» y c >> a r 7 
elat akovovtes' 0 8 ‘Ayaidy voortov cede 
Auypov, dv é€x Tpoins érereiiato Tladdas ’AOjvn. 
an > / 
Tod 5° vrepwiobev dpect civOeto Oéoriw aovdyv 
> 
kovpn ‘Inapiovo, wepippwv IInvedorresa: 
’ 
KNipaka & inrndnv KateByoeto oto Soporo, 330 
> ” Lud A \ > / 4> of 
ovK oin, Gua TH ye Kal apdiroro 80’ ExrovTo. 
€ > of \ a 2 / a he 
» 8 Ste 6) pvnotipas adixero Sia yuvacxor, 
oT pa Tapa orabpmov. Téyeos TvUKAa TroLNTOIO, 
/ 
avTa Tapeldwv oxouévn AeTTapa KpHdEe“VA* 
apditronos 8 dpa oi Kedvh ExdtepOe Tapécrn. 885 
Ul > / n > / 
daxpicaca 8° éreita mpoontda Ociov ao.dov* 
‘Dice, TOANA yap adAXa Bpotav OerxTHpia oldas, 
4 > 3 “ lal / / > / 
épy’ avdpav te Oedy Te, Ta TE KAElovoLW aoLdoi* 
n oe / A / e \ a 
TaV év yé obi adelde Traphpevos, ot dé cLwTH 
s J 4 eee £29) 3S n 
olvoy mivovtwv: tavTns 8 arroTmave ao.dis 340 
Avyphs, } Te wor aiel evi orHOeoor pirov Kijp 
/ > f / t / ” 
telpel, eres pe partota Kabixeto TrévO0s adacTov. 
/ \ \ / / > \ 
Toinv yap Keharynv Trodém peyvnuEevn atet 
A / 7 
avdpos, Tod KA€os evpv Kab’ “EAddSa Kai pécov “Apryos.’ 
Ti 8° ad Tyr<éuayos remvupévos avriov nidas  — 845 
ou Wee > »¥ , AR, 5 = 
bitep éun, tL T apa POovées épinpov aovdov 
/ is4 e / v LA , ? > \ 
TepTreW OTT OL VdoS OpvuTaL; ov VY T aoLdol 
alriot, aAXAd rob Zeds altios, 6s Te Sidwow 
avipdow ardnotnow, bras eOérnow, éExdoTo. 
’ n * 
rovTm 8 ov véweois Aavady Kaxov oitov aeidev* 350 


THE ODYSSEY, I. 95 


heart strength had she brought and courage, turning his 
thoughts upon his father more even than before. As he 
marked this in his mind, an awe came on his heart. He 
felt it was a god. Straightway he sought the suitors, god- 
like himself. 

To them the famous bard was singing, while they in 
silence sat and listened. He sang of the return of the 
Achaians — the sad return, which Pallas Athene had ap- ~ 
pointed them on leaving Troy. 

Now from her upper chamber, there heard this won- 
drous song the daughter of Ikarios, heedful Penelope, and 
she descended the long stairway from her room — yet not 
alone ; two handmaids followed her. And when this royal 
lady reached the suitors, she stood beside a column of the 
solid roof, holding before her face her delicate wimple, 
the while a faithful handmaid stood on either side. Then 
bursting into tears, she said to the noble bard: 

“‘Phemios, full many another tale you know to charm 
mankind, exploits of men and gods, which bards make 
famous. Sit and sing one of these. The rest drink wine 
in silence. But cease this song, this song of woe, which 
harrows evermore the soul within my breast ; because on 
me has fallen deepest grief that cannot be forgotten. So 
dear a face I miss, ever remembering one whose fame is 
wide through Hellas and mid-Argos.” 

Then answered her discreet Telemachos: ‘“* My mother, 
why forbid the honored bard to cheer us in whatever way 
his mind is moved? The bards are not to blame, but rather 
Zeus, who gives to toiling men even as he wills to each. 
There is no cause to be displeased that this man sings us 


26 OAYSSEIAS A. — 


THY yap aoLdiy paddXov émikrelove’ dvOpwTrot, 
i} Tis akovoytecat vewTaTn apdiTérntat. 
\ haa, / / \ 0 \ > 4 “ 
gol 6 émiToApaTw Kpadin Kal Oupos axove 
/ 
ov yap “Odvaceds olos am@Aece vOoTimoY Huap 
év Tpoin, twoddol Sé Kal adrot Hates GrovTo. 855 
n n / 
[aXr’ els oixov iodoa Ta o avdTis Epya Koms€e, 
iotov T nraKaTHY Te, Kal audiTroroicL KédeEvVE 
Epyov érrolyecOat* pd0os 8’ advdpecot peAjoet 
n / Die / <3 \ / ” > > Xv » b] 
Tact, wadiota 8 éuols Tov yap Kpatos Ect evi oikg.| 
‘H pev OapBjnoaca rdrw otxovde BeBe: 360 
\ \ a / ” a 
Tatoos yap pv0ov temvupévov évOeTo Ovpo. 
és 8° tmepo’ avaBaoa oly audiTroroos yvvarél 
Kratev Erreit ‘Odvoja, pirov mocw, dppa ot wmvov 
nOvv éml Brebdpowot Bare yAavewmis “AOnvn. 
na ¢ 
Mvnoripes 8° opddnoay ava péyapa oKioevtTa: 365 
/ > >’ / / a 
mavrTes 8° nphoavto twapal rexéecou KALOAvaL. 
a / 
toiou dé Tnréuayos temvupévos hpyeto pvOwv* 
\ n an / 
‘Mnrtpos éuijs pvnotipes, brépBiov tBpw éyovtes, 
vov pev dSawvtpevor TepTrepucOa, nde Bonris 
+ b] \ \ > / > \ > rn 
€oTW, €mTel TOOE KAAOV akovéuEeV éoTly doLdod 370 
ag? > n 
Tovovd’ olos 65° éatl, Beois evarityxios addny. 
In > > 
navev 8 ayopnvde KabebopecOa Kidvtes 
/ v7? id lal Se) > / > if 
Tavres, iy vulv pdOov amnreyéws aroetra, 
> / / A > an 
eEvevat peydpwv: addras 8” adreybvete Sairas, 
¢ \ / ’ ra > f \ ” 
Ua KTHWAT EOOVTES, apmelBomevot KaTA olKoUS. 875 
> ee eS / / 
eb O° tpiv Soxéet TO5e NwlrEepov Kal dwevvov 
4 2 \ 35 ? 
eupevat, avdpos évds Blotov virowov or<a bat, 
/ Veen tre \ 
KeipeT* €ya Sé Beods ériBooowar aicy édvras, 
$4 / \ aq 
ai Ke Toe Zeds Shou madivtita epya yevéoOar: 
/ ” 
vnTowol Kev érrevta Sopwv evrocbev broiobe.’ 380 


THE ODYSSEY, I. 27 


of the Danaiins’ cruel lot. The song mankind most heart- 
ily applaud is that which rings the newest in their ears. 
Then let your heart and soul submit to listen; for not 
alone did Odysseus lose the day of his return at Troy, 
but many another perished also. Nay, seek your cham- 
ber and attend to matters of your own, — the loom, the 
distaff, — and bid the women ply their tasks. Words are 
for men —for all, and chief of all for me; for power: 
within this house rests here.” 

- Amazed, she turned to her own room again, for the 
wise saying of her son she laid to heart. So going to the 
upper chamber with her maids, she there began to mourn 
Odysseus, her dear husband, till on her eyelids keen-eyed 
Athene caused a sweet sleep to fall. 

But now the suitors broke into uproar up and down the 
dusky hall. All clamored to lie beside her. But dis- 
creet Telemachos began to speak: “You suitors of my 
mother, of overweening pride, at present let us feast and 
make good cheer, and let there be no brawling. For a 
pleasant thing it is to hear a bard like this, one who is 
even like the gods in voice. But in the morning let us 
take our seats in the assembly, and all of you be there, 
that I may openly make known my will that you should 
quit my halls. Look after other tables, and eat what is 
your own, changing about from house to house! Or if 
it seems to you more profitable and better to ruin the liv- 
ing of one man, without amends, go wasting on! But I 
will call upon -the gods that live forever, and pray that 
Zeus may grant acts of requital. Then beyond all amends, 
here in this very house ruin should fall on you.” 


’ 


28 OAYSSEIAS A- 


\ f 4 
“As &bab’, of 8 apa wavtes ooak ev yeirdeou huvTes 
a / > / 
Tnr<éuaxov Oavpatov, 0 Oapradrews aryopeve. 
, / ev 
Tov 8 abt “Avtivoos mpocépn, EvreiPeos vios: 
‘ Tyréuax’, H para 64 oe biddcKxovew Oeoi avtol 
/ / 
invayopny 7 eevar Kal Oapoaréws ayopeverv: 885 
, ipl / 
ph o€ ye ev audiarp "l0axn Baordja Kpoviov 
a ee ’ 
Tounoel“ev, O TOL YEVEH TATPWLOV ETTLe 
Tov 8 ad Tnrd<épayos memvupévos aytiov nda: 
€ > / > 3 / fe v4 ” 
Aytivo’, } Kal mor vewernoear OTTL KEV ELT ; 
a / 
Kal Kev Toor €Oéroups Avos ye SvdovTos apécOa. 390 
> \ n / Pb] ’ / / 
h dis todto Kaxiotov év avOpwroucs TeTvX Oar ; 
5 / € Lee 
ov ev ydp Te Kaxov Bacirevéuev* ainda Té of dH 
> \ / \ / > , 
advevov méreTaL Kal TYyunéoTEpos avTOS. 
GAN 4 To Bacidhjes “Ayaidv eit Kal arrow 
> / 
modnol év auhidro "l0dnyn, véow Hd€ madavol, 895 
n a b] ad 
Tov Kév Tis TOO’ eynow, éerrel Odve dios ‘Odvaceus. 
Soe ak, 5) 4 ” » BOS f 
avTap éyov olxoto avak écom’ rpeTépovo 
Kal Suwwv, ots por Anlcaato Sios ’‘Odvaceds. 
3 oF a 
Tov 8’ abt’ Evpipayos, TTortBov trais, avtiov nvsa: 
‘ Tnr<éuay’, 7) Tor Tavta Oedv év yowvact xeirat, 400 
isa b] / ] / 4, , a 
ds tis év dudiaro “l0ann Bacirdevoes “Ayaiov 
KTnpata 8 avTos éyows Kal Sopact coicw avdooots. 
\ \ sd 7 229 & v4 / ,’ Ae A / 
pn yap 6 y EdXOou avyp bs Tis o aéxovta Binde 
Krnpat arroppaicet, lOdnns ett vavetooons. 
arr eOérw oe, hépiote, Tept Eeivoto épécOan, 405 
€ , 
ommrolev ovTos avnp, moins 8 é& evyera civat 
/ a / 
yains, trod Sé vb of yeven Kal Tatpis apovpa* 
x7 ’ > / \ / b] / 
née TW aryyerinv TaTpos Péper épyopuevoto, 
3 e\ > a n > / fr >. 2 / 
 €0V avTOD ypetos éeXOOMevOs TOS’ iKaVeEt § 


— + 


THE ODYSSEY, I. 29 


He said, and all with teeth set in their lips marveled 
because Telemachos had spoken boldly. 

Then said to him Antinoés, Eupeithes’ son: “ Telema- 
chos, surely the gods themselves have you in training for 
aman of lofty tongue and a bold speaker. But may the 
son of Kronos never make you king in sea-girt Ithaka, 
although it is by birth your heritage! ” 

Then answered him discreet Telemachos: “ Antinods, — 
will you feel offense at what I say? This I would gladly 
take, if Zeus would grant it. Do you think such fate the 
worst that can befall a man? Why, it is no bad thing to 
be a king! His house grows rich at once, and he him- 
self is in more honor. Still, as to kings of the Achaians, 
‘there are many others here in sea-girt Ithaka, both young 
and old, some one of whom may take the place, now death 
has come to royal Odysseus. But I myself will be the 
lord of our own house and of the slaves which were the 
spoil of royal Odysseus.” 

Then answered him Eurymachos, the son of Polybos: 
“‘Telemachos, indeed in the gods’ lap it lies to say which 
one of the Achaians shall be king in sea-girt Ithaka. Your 
substance may you keep, and of your house be lord; may 
the man never come who, heedless of your will, shall strip 
you of that substance while Ithaka shall stand. But, good 
sir, I would ask about this stranger — whence the man 
comes, and of what land he calls himself. Where are his 
kinsmen and his native fields? Does he bear tidings of 
your father’s coming, or comes he here with hope of his 
own gains? How hastily he went! Not waiting for us 

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30 OAYSSEIAS A. 


olov avaitas apap olyetat, ovd’ vréweve 410 
yvopevar’ ov péev yap TL KaK®@ eis Tra eoKel.’ 

Tov 8’ ab Tyrépayos rervupévos avtiov nvda: 

‘ Eipupay’, 7 Tow vootos am@deTo TaTpos épolo: 

ovT ovv ayyedins Ere TweiPopat, et moev érOo1, 

ovte Ocorrpotrins éumdfopuat, Hv twa pntnp 415 
és péyapov Kadécaca Oeorrporrov é&epéntas. 

Ecivos 5° obtos éuos tatpmus éx Tadov éotl, 

Mévrns 8’ ’Ayyxidrovo Saippovos eivyetas elvan 

vids, atap Tadiowcr hidnpétporow avdocer.’ 

“Qs dato Tyréuaxos, ppect 8’ abavarnv Oedv éyva. 
ot 8° els Opynotiv te Kal iwepoecocay aoid)v 421 
Tpevrdpevot Téptrovto, pévov 8 éml Eamepov érOeiv. 
toiot 5é Teptropévoiot pédas éml Eomepos Oe- 

5) tote Kaxkelovtes &Bav olkovde exacTos. 

Tnr<wayos 8’, 604 of Oddapos Tepikadrréos avdrjs 425 
inpnr0os Sédunto, mepioxéerrtm evi yop, 

é&v0” Bn eis evvnv Tordga pect pepunplfov. 

T® 8’ dp’ Ge aidopuévas Saidas pépe xedva idvia 
Edpinre’, "Qaos Ovyarnp Tevrnvopisao, 

THv wote Aaéptns mplato KTedTecow éoict, 430 
mpwOnBnv ér’ éovoav, éevxordBoia 8’ edwxer, 

loa Sé pv Kedvp ddoy@ Tiev ev peyapoiow, 

evvn 8 ov mor euixto, yorov 8’ adéewve yuvatKos* 

H ot du’ alOopévas Saidas pépe, Kai é pwadiora 

Suwdov pirecre, cal érpehe tuTOov éovta. 435 
aeev 5€ Ovpas Oadadyouv TiKa Trolnroio, 

&ero 5° év éxtpo@, paraxov 8’ Exduve yuT@va* 

Kal Tov pwéev ypains TuKiundéos EuBare yepoiv. 

 pev Tov mrv~aca Kal adoKhioaca xiTOVA, 


THE ODYSSEY, I. 31 


to know him! And yet he seemed like no mean person 
in the face.” | 

Then answered him discreet Telemachos: “ Euryma- 
chos, as for my father’s coming, that is at an end. Tid- 
ings I trust no longer, let them come whence they may. 
Nor do I care for divinations such as my mother seeks, 
summoning a diviner to the hall. This stranger is my 
father’s friend, a man of Taphos; Mentes he calls him- 
self, the son of wise Anchialos, and he is lord of the oar- 
loving Taphians.” 

So spoke Telemachos, but in his mind he knew the 
immortal goddess. Meanwhile the others to dancing and 
the gladsome song turned merrily, and waited for the 
evening to come on. And on their merriment dark even- 
ing came. So then, desiring rest, each man departed 
homeward. 

But for Telemachos, where on the beautiful court his 
chamber was built high, at a commanding point, there 
did he seek his bed, with many doubts in mind. And by 
his side, with blazing torch, went one who knew her du- 
ties — Eurykleia, daughter of Ops, Peisenor’s son, whom 
once Laértes purchased with his substance, when she was 
but a girl, and paid the price of twenty oxen. Her, 
equally with his faithful wife, he honored at the palace, 
but never sought her bed, avoiding a wife’s anger. Now 
she it was who bore the blazing torches for Telemachos ; 
for she of all the handmaids held him dear, and was his 
nurse when little. He opened the doors of the strong 
chamber, sat down upon the bed, pulled his soft tunic off, 
and laid it in the wise old woman’s hands. Folding and 


32 OAYSSEIAS A. 


maccdhw dykpeudoaca Tapa TpnToioL éxeror, 
Bi p’ Ywev éx Oardpwowo, Ovpny 8’ érépvoce Kopwvy 
apyupén, él S& Krnid? érdvvocev iwayTe. 

&0” & ye mavviy.os, Kexadvppévos 010s awTe, 
Bovreve dpcoly How oddv tHv méppad’ ‘AOnvy. 


THE ODYSSEY, I. 33 


smoothing out the tunic, she hung it on a peg beside the 
corded bedstead, then left the chamber, and by its silver 
ring pulled to the door, drawing the bolt home by its 
strap. So there Telemachos, all the night long, wrapped 
in a fleece of wool, pondered in mind the course Athene 
counseled. 


OAYSSEIAS B. 


TWaxynolwy dyopd. Trrepdxouv drodypla. 


"Hyos 8° jpuyéverca pavn pododdxtvaros ’Hos, 
w@pvut ap é& ebvidw ’Odvocnos Piros vids, 
eluata écodpevos, tepl Sé Eidos o€0 Oér dpe, 
qocol 8 vmod ATapoicw edjcaTo Kara TédidAa, 
BA S&S twev é« Oardporo Oe@ EvariyKvos avrnp. 5 
aira Sé Knpixecot Muyvpboyyouc. KédXevoe 
Knpvocew ayopnvde Kapn Kopowvtas ’Ayavods. 

e \ > Vf ' \ 8° > / i~ > 
Ol MeV EKNPVTTOV, TOL NYELPOVTO PAN wa. 

> > 7.2.32 ¢ / Sey 
autap érei p’ ayepOev ounyepées T éyévovTo, 

a > + > > \ / 7. + / 4 
BH p’ ier eis ayopnv, wadapy 8° eye yadKeor &yyos. 

> 3 biA a A “A > \ iA 
ovK olos, dua TO ye SUw KovES apyol ErorTo. u 
Oeotrecinv 8° dpa TS ye yapw Katéyevev ’AOnvn. 

\ t See / \ > / a 
Tov 8 dpa wavtes aol éerrepyomevoy OnedyTo: 
ae \ / 5 ee 3 
&€ero 5° év marpos Oana, ci~av Sé yéporTes. 
toict 5° ere’ pws Aiyvmrtios py’ ayopevery, 5 
a 2) / - \ 4 eh Se | / v 
ds 87 yypai Kudos Env Kal pupia 75n. 
Kal yap Tod iros vids au avTiéw ’Odvoqu 
"IXvov eis edrrwdov &Bn Koidrns evi vynvolv, 
"Avtipos aiyyntys: tov 8’ adypios éxtave Kixrow 
évy omit yAadhupo, mbpmatov 8’ ordiccato Sdprov. 20 
tpeis 5€ of adXow Eoav, Kal 6 pev pvnoThpow opiret, 
Evptvopos, dto 8’ aiév éyov watpa.a epya: 
GX’ ovd’ &s Tod AnOer’ ddupdpevos Kal ayevov. 


Tod & ye Saxpu yéwv ayopyoato Kal peréecTre* 


Il. 
THE ASSEMBLY AT ITHAKA, AND THE DEPARTURE OF TELEMACHOS. 


Soon as the early, rosy-fingered Dawn appeared, the 
dear son of Odysseus rose from bed, put on his clothes, . 
slung his sharp sword about his shoulder, under his shi- 
ning feet bound his fair sandals, and came forth from his 
chamber in bearing like a god. Straightway he bade the 
clear-voiced heralds summon to an assembly the long- 
haired Achaians. Those summoned, and these gathered 
very quickly. So when they had been called and all 
were come, he set off for the assembly, holding in hand 
a brazen spear — yet not alone, two swift dogs followed 
him, and marvelous was the grace Athene cast about him. 
Then all the people gazed as he drew near. He sat 
down in his father’s seat; the elders made him way. 

The first to speak was lord Aigyptios, a man bowed 
down with age, who knew a thousand things. He spoke, 
for his dear son had gone with god-like Odysseus in the 
hollow ships to Llios, that land of horses — Antiphos, a 
spearman. The savage Cyclops killed him in the deep 
eave, and on him made a supper last of all. Three 
other sons there were; one joined the suitors — Kuryn- 
omos — and two still kept their father’s farm. Yet not 
for them did he forget to mourn and miss that other. 
Dropping a tear for him, he thus addressed them, saying: 


36 OAYSSEIAS B. 


‘ Kéxdute 87 viv pev, "lOaxnowo, orte Kev elim: % 
ovTe Tw tueTtépn ayop? yéveT’ ovTE OdowKos 
€& ot ’Odvaceds dios &8n Koidrns évt vynuai. 

al be / ees @9 / \ / vA 
vov dé Tis @O’ Hryeipe; Tia xpevm Tocov tKeL 

/ lal 3 
véwy avdpav, } of mpoyevéctepol eiow ; 

> / a 
Tw’ ayyedinv otpatod Exdrvev éEpyopévoto, 36 
* ee, St y., 4 + 4 / / 4 
x nuiv cada eirrol, OTe TpoTEpds ye TUOOLTO ; 
/ > 

TL Snptov arAXO TidatvaoKeTar Hd’ ayopever ; 
éaOros por Soxet elvat, dvjpevos. elOe of avT@ 

\ > \ / ” 
Zevs ayabov terécesev, & Tu hpeolv How pevowd.’ 

‘\ ‘a e \ / an 

“Qs pato, yaipe 5é dryun ’OdSvacios piros vids, % 
ae Fo. Py - 2 / a , 
ovd’ ap’ éte dnv hoto, pevolvncev 8’ ayopeveww, 

n be / > nr an , a 
OTH O€ péon ayoph: oKhmrpov Sé of EuBare yxeupt 

a / 
Khpv& Ilevcjvwp, wervupéva pjdea eidos. 

n ” , 
MpOTov éTreita yépovta KabamTopuevos TpocéevTrev* 


Se 82 Se Se 
mn V Q~ Mm 


S / \ 
"2 yépov, ob Exas obTos avyp, Taxa 8’ eloeat adTos, 
\ 
Os Aaov Hryeipas pdrtota Oé p’ AGdyos iKavel. 41 
A Piety / na > / 
ovTe TW’ ayyedinv aotpatod Exdvov épyopévoro, 
is 4 ie FRM, 22 4 7 e / / / 
jv x tpiv cddba cit, Ste mpdTepds ye muOoiunr, 
ovte TL Snutov AAXrO TipavaKopat ovd’ ayopeva, 
> a a > 6 a 4 \ 4 »” 
aXXN E“ov avTov NpEelos, O MOL KAKOY EuTrETEV OLK®, 45 
/ \ \ ed Wart \ > / ¢ > > cn 
doid* TO pev tratép’ écOXov -aTr@deca, Os ToT’ ev vpiv 
toladecow Bacireve, matnp §’ ws Hrws Hev* 
vov 5’ av Kal modw peifov, 6 82) Taya olxovy aravta 
mayxu Siappaice, Biorov 8’ amo maymay odéoce. 
/ a 
PTEPL por pynoThpes eméypaov odK eOedovon, 50 
tav avdpav iro. vies of évOade x cicly apioTol, 
\ 
of marpos pev és olKkov amepplyact véecOas 
tT / 4 ? ee 5] 5 , Od 
kaplov, @S K avTos eedvaaatto OvyaTpa, 
Soin 8’ 6 « Oédou Kal of Keyapicpévos €dOot. 


THE ODYSSEY, II. 37 


“‘ Hearken now, men of Ithaka, to what I say. Never 
has our assembly once been held —no single session — 
since royal Odysseus went in the hollow ships. Who is 
it calls us now, in such a fashion? Who has such urgent 
need? Young or old is he? Has he heard tidings of an 
_ army’s coming, which he would plainly tell to us so soon 
'as he has learned? Or has he other public matter to 
announce and argue? True man he seems to me, and - 
blest already. Zeus grant him good in all his heart de- 
sires |” 

As thus he spoke, the dear son of Odysseus gladdened 
at what was said, and kept his seat no longer. He burned 
to speak. He rose up in the midst of the assembly, and 
in his hand a herald placed the sceptre—a herald named 
Peisenor, discreet of understanding. Then turning first 
to the old man, he thus addressed him: 

“ Sire, not far off is he, as you full soon shall know, who 
called the people hither; for it is I who am in deepest 
trouble. No tidings of an army’s coming have I heard, 
which I would plainly tell to you so soon as I have | 
learned ; nor have I other public matter to announce and 
argue. Rather it is my private need, ill falling on my 
house in twofold wise. For first I lost my noble father, 
who was formerly your king — kind father as e’er was — 
and now there comes a still more grievous thing, which 
soon will utterly destroy my home and quite cut off my 
substance. Suitors beset my mother sorely against her 
will, sons of the very men who are the leaders here. They 
shrink from going to the house of Ikarios, her father, to 
let him count the bride-gifts for his daughter, giving her 


38 OAYSSEIAS B. 


eye Meee | eh , ” , } 
ot 8 eis HpéTepoy TwMAEvpEvoL HuaTa TavTa, 55 
aA 93 
Bods tepevovtes kal dts Kal riovas atyas, 
/ / / ” 9 
eiAativalovow tivoval te aldotra oivov 
\ \ 
parridios: Ta dé TOAAA KaTdveTat. ov yap ém’ avnp 
- | \ + : > \ ” > a 
olos "Odvacevs Ecker, apiv amo oixov apdvat. 
¢€ “ > A , “ b] ‘ 9s % 2e 
Huets 8 OV VU TL TOLOL Guuvemev* Kal errelTa 60 
ANevyaréot T éadpwerOa Kal ov Sedankotes AKI. 
om Cs. > / y” 4 / / 
 T Gv apvvaipny, et por Sdvapls ye tTapein. 
> a vy 3 > »” 4 > a oe lal 
ov yap éT avoyeTa Epya TeTevyaTal, od’ ETL KAAS 
oixos éwos SudAwAE* veweconOnte Kal avTol, 
, 
adXous T aidécOnTe Tepiktiovas avOpwrous, 65 
‘\ / n ’ € / An 
ov mepivatetdovat* Bewv 8’ brrodeicate phvuv, 
4 
Ln TL peTAaoTpépwow ayacodpevot Kaka épya. 
Mocopat huev Znvos "Orvprriov nde O€ucTos, 
’ a 5 
) T avdpav ayopas nuev Ave 75 Kabifer: 
4 oo 
axécbe, dirot, kat p’ olov édcate révbei AvYPO 70 
/ 
teipecO’, ei un tov TL matnp éuos éoOr0s "Odvaceds 
8 / Fr 3 b] / 5 "A A 
uopeveov Kak épetev évxvipidas ’"Ayacods, 
rn > 
TOV pb aTroTwipevor Kaka péCete SvcpevéorTes, 
4 
TovTous OTptvorTes. éuol dé KE Képotov eln 
e / ’ , st € / / 
vyéas éoOémevar KetpndrLa Te 1poBaciv Te. 1% 
” >] id nw / A ’ A \ / » 
el x Upels ye Payolte, Tay’ dv Tote Kal Ticts el. 
Toppa yap av Kata aorv ToTiTTUccol Web 50 
pa sp pea pier 
> / > 
ypnuat amattifovtes, ws K amd TdvrTa d00ein: 
GG , nA 
vuv 6é or ampnktous ddtvvas éuBddreTe Ovpo.’ 
‘\ / / nr 
“Qs hato ywopmevos, tori &é oximtpov Bare yatn, 80 
§ , b] > , < 9S 5° ¢/- \ tvA 
aKpv avatpnoas* olKTOS €Xe Aaov ArravTa. 
y , 7. 
év0’ addou pév avtTes anny ecav, ovdé Tis etry 
F Se 4 an 
Tnreuayov pvdorow apelpacbat vaneTroicty* 
1A / bé 3 > , lA 
vTivoos O€ uy olos aperBdouevos TpocéerTre* 


THE ODYSSEY, II. 39 


then to whom he will, whoever meets his favor ; but haunt- 
ing this house of ours day after day, killing our oxen, 
sheep, and fatted goats, they hold high revel, drinking 
sparkling wine with little heed. Much goes to waste, for 
no man is there fit like Odysseus to keep damage from 
our doors. We are not fit ourselves to guard the house; 
attempting it, we should be pitiful and found unskilled in 
conflict. Guard it I would if only strength were mine. — 
For deeds are done which cannot be borne longer, and with 
no decency my house is plundered. Shame you should feel 
yourselves, and some respect as well for neighbors living 
near you, and awe before the anger of the gods, lest haply 
they may turn upon you, vexed with your evil courses. 
Nay, I entreat you by Olympian Zeus, and by that Justice 
which dissolves and gathers the assemblies of mankind, 
forbear, my friends! Leave me to pine in bitter grief 
alone, unless indeed my father, good Odysseus, ever in 
malice wronged the mailed Achaians, and in return for 
that you now with malice do me wrong, urging these peo- 
ple on. Better for me it were you should yourselves de- 
vour my stores and herds. If you devoured them, there 
might perhaps some day be recompense; for we would 
constantly pursue you with our suit throughout the town, 
demanding back our substance till all should be restored. 
Now, woes incurable you lay upon my heart.” 

In wrath he spoke, and dashed the sceptre to the ground, 
letting his tears burst forth, and pity fell on all the people. 
So all the rest were silent, none else dared to make Telem- 
achos a bitter answer. Antinods alone made answer, say- 
ing: 


40 ' OAYSSEIAS B. 


‘Tyr<uay’ wrparyopn, mévos aoyeTe, Tolov éevtres 
yeas aicxtver, eOérous 5é Ke pamov avdrra.. 
col 8’ ov tu pvnothpes “Ayaim@y altiol eiow, 
GAA hin prjTnp, } Tor Tepl Képdea older. 
ndn yap tpitov éatlv éros, Taya 8° elow TéTapTor, 
€& ob atéuBet Oupov évi ornbecow ‘Ayaiav. 
mavtas pév p edrret, Kal vrricxetas avdpl éExdoT@, 
aryyerias mpoteiaas voos dé of dda pevowa. 
% 5é Sdrov Tovd’ GrdXrov évl hpect pepunpre’ 
oTncapevn péyav ioTov évi peydpoiow vpawe, 
NerTOv Kal Tepiwetpov: adap 8’ ijuiv peréevtre* 
Kodpol, euot prnothpes, émel Odve dios ‘Odvaceds, 
piver émrevyouevoe Tov euov yapov, eis 6 Ke Papos 
EKTEAETW, [L7) [OL METAML@VLA VHwaT OANTAL, 
Aaéptn iipwr tadyiov, eis 6 Té Kev pw 
potp odo Kabédnot Tavnreyéos Bavdrouo, 
pH tis pot kata Sipov “Ayauddav veweonon, 
al Kev atep omelpov KhTat TOANA KTEaTiooas. 
as épab’, piv Sadr’ érremeiOeto Oupos ayhvep. 
év0a Kat nuatin pev bhaivernev péyav iotor, 
vixtas 8° addweoxev, ery Saldas tapabeiro. 
&s tpletes pwev EdnGe SorAM Kal Ereiev ’Ayatovs* 
GN Ore TéTpatov HAOev Eros Kal érHdvOov wpat, 
kal ToTe 6H Tis eave yuvatKav, 1) cada H5n, 
kal Thy y addovoav éepevpopev ayadv ioTov. 
@s TO pev é&eréXNeooe Kal ovK éOédove’ im avayKns* 
cot 5° ade pvnothpes UroKpivovra., Wy’ eidhs 
avTos o@ Ovue, eiddou Sé wavtes ’“Ayarol. 
pntépa onv aroreprpov, avayOs Sé ww yapéer Oat 
T@ OTE@ Te TaTHp KédeTAL Kal dvddvet AUTH. 


100 


105 


li 


THE ODYSSEY, II. 41 


‘‘Telemachos, you of the lofty tongue and the un- 
bridled temper, what do you mean by putting us to 
shame? On us you would be glad to fasten guilt. I tell 
you the Achaian suitors are not at all to blame; your 
mother is to blame, who has a craft beyond all women. 
The third year is gone by, and fast the fourth is going, 
since she began to mock the hearts in our Achaian breasts. 
To all she offers hopes, has promises for each, and sends ~ 
us messages, yet her heart has a different purpose. Here 
is the last pretext she cunningly devised. Within the hall 
she set up a great loom and went to weaving; fine was 
the web and very large; and then to us said she: ‘ Young 
men who are my suitors, now death has come to royal 
Odysseus, forbear to press my marriage till I complete 
this robe, — its threads must not be wasted,— a shroud 
for lord Laértes, against the time when the fell doom of 
death that lays men low takes hold upon him. Achaian 
wives about the land I fear might give me blame, if he 
should lie without a shroud — he who had great. posses- 
sions.’ Such were her words, and our high hearts as- 
sented. Then in the daytime would she weave at the 
great web, but in the night unravel, after she brought 
the torches. Thus for three years she hid her craft and 
cheated the Achaians. But when the fourth year came, 
as time rolled on, then at the last one of her maids, who 
knew full well, confessed, and we discovered her unravel- 
ing the splendid web; so then she finished it against her 
will, perforce. Therefore to you the suitors make this 
answer, that you yourself may understand in your own 
heart, and that the Achaians all may understand. Send 
off your mother! Bid her take in marriage whomever 


42 OAYSSEIAS B. 


b] 2 3) f \ / ip 
et 0 €T avinoes ye Todd ypovoy vias ’Ayawr, 15 
\ / ee a 
Ta Ppovéovag ava Ouyov & oi wept Sdxev “AOnvn, 
»” > / 
épya T ériatacOat Trepixarr€a Kal dpévas écOdas 
/ > Lop] lal 
Képded 0’, of ov Tw TW’ akovowev OvdSe TadaLar, 
/ « 
Tdwv ai Tapos oav évTdoKdyibdes "Ayaial, 
/ YR | 
Tupw t “Adxpivyn te évotédpavos te Muxnvn: 120 
/ BA bg a / / 
Tdwv ov Tis oMola vonwata IInvedotrein 
vv > * \ a / b] > / > >. 
HOn* aTap pev TOUTE y évaicwypov ovK évonce. 
/ \ 9 Ud 4 \ \ / eae 
Toppa yap ovv Biorov te Teov Kal xthyat edovTat, 
/ 6 a 
Oppa Ke Kelvyn TOUTOV xn voor, bv Tia ot Vdv 
év aotnbecat TiWeior Deol. péeya pev KOS avTH 125 
a_? RP. / \ / / 
Toit, avTap col ye TwoOnv modéos BioToL0: 
¢€ n > ED SOE VOR J / > + bd EA 
nuets 8° ovT él Epya tapos y iwev ovTe yn AAD, 
amply y avTnv ynpacba ’Ayaidv @ Kx é0édyot.’ - 
Tov 8° abd Tnréuayxos twemvupévos avtiov nvda* 
eed / > A PS , AF 4 > a 
Aytivo, ov Twas éott Sopmwv aéxovcay aTacat 130 
hp étexy’, % pw eOpewe: matip 8° euos adrobe yains, 
/ 4 > © / \ / , * > / 
Coer 6 y  TéOvnKes KaKov Sé pe TWOAN arroTivew 
> I / »” b Ri % oak > \ / / 
kaplo, ai x avTos éx@v amo pntépa Téewrbo. 
éx yap Tod Tmatpos Kaka Teicopat, Gdra Sé Saipov 
7 ’ na 
Swcet, érel unTnp oTvyepas apnoeT epwis 185 
yy > / / / > > , 
olxouv atepyouéevn: véueois S€ por €€ avOpworrav 
54 ef > a > / a is 
écoeTat: ws ov TovTOY éym ToTe piOor évivao. 
e / b] > \ \ > ” 
ipétepos 8° ef pév Oupos veweriferar adTar, 
éEvré prot peydpwv, adras 8’ adeytvere Saitas 
ua KTHpaT edovTes, GpwelBopevot KaTAa OiKOUS. 140 
> , a 
et & vyiv Soxéer TOde NwiTepov Kal dpweLvov 
” > 5 \ Pe U / I] / 
Eupevat, avdpos évos Biotov vytrowov oréc Oat, 


Kelper* éy@ Oé Oeodvs ériBwoopas aiéy eovTas, 


THE ODYSSEY, II. 43 


her father wills and him who pleases her! Or will she 
weary longer yet the sons of the Achaians, mindful at 
heart of what Athene in large measure gave her, skill in 
fair works, a noble mind, and such a craft as we have 
never known in those of old, those who were long ago 
fair-haired Achaian women, Tyro, Alkmené, and crowned 
Mykené — no one of whom had judgment like Penelope ; 
and yet, in truth, in this she judged not wisely. For even 
so long shall men devour your life and substance as she 
retains the mind the gods put in her breast at present. 
Great fame she brings upon herself, but brings on you 
the loss of large possessions. To our own lands we will 
not go, nor elsewhere either, till she shall marry an Acha- 
ian — whom she will.” 

Then answered him discreet Telemachos: ‘ Antinods, 
against her will I cannot drive from home the one who 
bore me and who brought me up. My father is far away, 
—alive or dead, — and hard it were for me to pay the 
heavy charges to Ikarios which I needs must, if of my will 
alone I send my mother forth. For from her father’s 
hand I shall meet ills; and others God will send, when 
my mother calls upon the dread Avengers as she forsakes 
the house ; blame, too, will fall upon me from mankind. 
Therefore that word I never will pronounce ; and if your 
hearts chafe at your footing here, then quit my halls! 
Look after other tables and eat what is your own, chang- 
ing about from house to house! Or if it seems to you 
more profitable and better to ruin the living of one man, 
without amends, go wasting on! But I will call upon the 
gods that live forever and pray that Zeus may grant acts 


44 OAYSSEIAS B. 


al xé TroOt Zeds Sou wadivtita Epya yevécOar. 
vytrowol Kev émrevta Sopov évtocOev drolicbe.’ 145 
“Qs daro Tyréuayos, TH 8° aieT@ evpvora Zevs 
€ t > a 4 f ‘4 
inpobev éx Kopudis dpeos mpoénne wérec Oar. 
\ in / Re / \ lal - ae f 
to 5° ws pév fp’ érétovTo peta Tvouns avéuoto, 
TAncio GdAAnAOLoL TITALWOMévO TTEPUYEToW,* 
Grr’ Ste 87 péconv ayopiy todkvdnuov ixécOnv, 150 
&v0” éridinbévte tivakdcOnyv Trepa TuKva, 
és (8° tdérnv TavT@v Kedparas, GacovTo 8’ GreOpor, 
Spuyapuéva 8’ oviyerot Tapers ahi te Seupdas 
deEiw HiEav Sua 7 oikia Kal Tomy avTor. 
OauBnoav 8’ dpvidas, érel tov dpOarpoicw: 155 
a@pynvav 8’ ava Ovpov & wep TeréecOar Euedrov. 
toicu 5é Kal peréevtre yépwv Hows ’AdiOépons 
Macropidns: 6 yap oios oundiKinv éxéxacto 
dpvilas yvavat Kal évaiciwa pvOjncacba: 
& opw évdpovéwy ayopncato Kal peréertre* 160 
‘ Kéxdute 82) viv pev, “IOaxnovot, orte kev elo’ 
A \ / / / yy 
Evnotipow dé paduota mipavoKopevos Tade elpw. 
a \ / a / > \ > \ 
Toiow yap péya Tia KvdLvdeTar* ov yap ’Odvaceds 
\ 
Syv aravevde pirwv av écoetat, GANA Tov Hdy 
b] \ 7\ / , A na , 
éyyus é€wv toicdecot hovov Kal Khpa hutedver 165 
TavTecow* Todeow dé Kal GrAXolow KaKov éorat, 
a , 
ot veuoperO’ ’I@dxnv eddelcdov. adda Tov Tplv 
, Q’ 4 4 e \ \ > 
dpalapecO’ ws Kev xatatratvcomev: of Sé Kal adtod 
/ 
TavécOwv' Kal yap opw ahap rode Nady éotw. 
> > Ul 
ov yap atreipntos pavtevouat, ddd’ ed cides: 170 
\ \ / a 
Kat yap Kew@ dnul terevTnOhvar arravTa 
ee RAS / 
@s ot éuvOedunrv, ore "Idtov cicavéBawvov 
> a \ , 
Apyeior, peta dé chi &Bn trordpntis ’Odvacets. 


‘THE ODYSSEY, II. 45 


of requital. Then beyond all amends, here in this very 
house, ruin should fall on you!” 

So spoke Telemachos, and answering him far-seeing 
Zeus sent forth a pair of eagles, flying from a mountain 
peak on high. These for a time moved down along the 
wind, close by each other and with outstretched wings ; 
but as they reached the middle of the many-voiced assem- 
bly, wheeling in circles there, they flapped their heavy 
wings, glared at the heads of all, and death was in their 
eyes. Then tearing with their claws each other’s cheek 
and neck, they darted to the right, across the town and 
houses. Men marveled at the birds, as they beheld, and 
pondered in their hearts what they should mean. And 
to the rest spoke old lord Halitherses, the son of Mastor ; 
for he surpassed all people of his time in understanding 
birds and telling words of fate. He with good will ad- 
dressed them thus, and said: 

“ Hearken now, men of Ithaka, to what I say; and to 
the suitors with a special meaning do I speak. A great 
calamity is theirs, now rolling onward! For Odysseus 
will not long be parted from his friends, but even now is 
near, sowing the seeds of death and doom for all men 
here. Ay, and on many another, too, shall sorrow fall — 
on many of us who live in far-seen Ithaka! But long ere 
that, let us consider how to check these men, or rather, 
let them check themselves ; that soon shall be their gain. 
For not as inexpert I prophesy, but with sure knowledge. 
And this I say: all has come true for him which I de- 
clared that day the Argive host took ship for Ilios, and 


with them wise Odysseus went along. I said that after 
b | 


46 OAYSSEIAS B. 


A / 
div Kaka TOA TabovT’, ddMoavT’ dro TavTas Etaipous 


dyvwotoy TavTecow eeiKooT@ eviavT@ 


oixad’ érevoecOar: ta Sé 84 vuv madvTa TerciTAaL.’ 


175 


Tov 8’ abr Evipipayos, TTokvBov trais, avriov nida: 


‘@ yépov, et 8’ aye viv pavtTeveo aoict Téxecow 
olxad’ imy, py Tov TL KaKov Tacywow oTricco* 
tadta 8’ éym oo Toddov adpelvov pavTever Oat. 
Spyies 5é TE ToAAOL UT’ adyas HedloLo 


on) sae / > / eee: | ’ \ 
gortwa’, ovde Te TavTes évaicypot’ adtap ’Odvaceds 


@AeTO THN’, @S Kal od KaTapbicOa ory exelvep 
v 5 > XA U U > U 
w@peres. ovx av Tocca OcompoTéwy ayopeves, 
ovdé Ke Tyréwayov Keyodwpevov wd’ avieins 
o@ oixm Sdpov TroTLOéypevos, al Ke TopHoL. 
GNX’ Ex Tor épéw, TO O€ Kal TeTEeAeopévoy EaTaL* 
ai Ke vewTepov avdpa Tanraia Te TOANA TE ELdS 
Taphapevos érréecow érotpivys yadeTraivery, 
na e a 
QUT@ pév ol TP@TOv avinpéatepoy eorat, 
[wpHéar 8’ warns ov te Suvynceras elvexa Tovde°] 
got dé, yépov, Owny eriOnoopev Hv x’ evi Ovpe 
, ; ; 
Tivwv aoyaddAns* yadreTrov Sé ToL éooeTat adyos. 
Tnrenaxy 8 év racw éeyav troOjcopas adtos* 
, =? \ 
Hntep env és Tatpos dvwyérw atrovéec bar: 
e \ 'd , \ > / ” 
ot 5€ yduov tevEovot Kal aptuvéovow éedva 
TOANA par’, dooa eouxe irs ert madds erecOar. 
, \ \ / x7 > lal 
ov yap mplv mavcecOat dlopat vias “Ayaav 
4 > / 
punoTVos apyanéns, érrel od Tiva Seldipmev Ewrns, 
fed 5 
out ovv Tnréuaxov, para ep TodvpvOov éedvTa* 
LA / 
ote Ocorporrins eurralopued’, iv od, yepare, 
, > a 
plea axpdavrov, areyOdveat 8° &rt waddov. 
/ 3 9 
xXpnwata 5° avbre kaxds BeBpocerat, ovSé trot’ toa 


185 


190 


195 


THE ODYSSEY, II. AT 


suffering much, and losing all his men, unknown to all, 
in the twentieth year he should come home. Now thus it 
all comes true.” 

Then answered him Eurymachos, the son of Polybos: 
“Well, well, old man, go home and play the prophet to 
-your children, or else they may have trouble in the days to 
come! About these matters, I can prophesy much better 
than yourself. Plenty of birds flit in the sunshine, but 
not all are fateful. As for Odysseus, he died far away; 
and would that you had perished with him! You would 
not then have prated so of reading signs, nor would you, 
when Telemachos is wroth, thus press him on, looking for 
him to send your house some gift. But let me tell you 
this, a thing also to be found true; if you, who know the 
many things an old man knows, delude this youth with 
talk, urging him on to anger, it shall be in the first place 
all the worse for him, — and nothing can he do by aid of 
people here — and on yourself, old man, we will inflict a 
fine which it will grieve you to the soul to pay. And to 
Telemachos, here before all, I myself give this warning. 
Let him instruct his mother to depart back to her father’s 
house. They there shall make the wedding and arrange 
the many gifts which should accompany a well-loved child ; 
for never till then, I hold, will the sons of the Achaians 
quit their rough courtship. No fear have we of any man, 
not even of Telemachos, so full of talk. Nothing we 
reck of auguries which you, old man, idly declare, making 
yourself the more detested. So now again, his substance 
shall be miserably devoured, and no return be made, so 


48 OAYSSEIAS B. 


v4 / ’ ‘ 
éccetat, Obpa kev 4 ye SiatpiBnow ’Ayatods 
dv ydpuov: nels 8 ad roTiWéypevot Huata TavTa 
elvexa Ths apeThns éprdaivoper, ovdé pet Arras 
TR | posers G8 , yar ae Pee ’ 
épyoued’, As errvetkés Omrutéwev eotly éExdoTo. 
Tov 8 ad Tnréuayos memvupévos avtiov nida: 
‘ Kipipay’ n5é Kai addow, boot pvnothpes ayavol, 
Tavta méev ovy tyéas Ett Alocouat ovd’ ayopeva 
non yap Ta ioact Oeol nal mavtes ’Ayacol. 
/ \ 
GAN aye por Sote vija Oonv Kal elxoa’ éraipous, 
of Ké pot &vOa Kal évOa Siarrpjocwc. KédevOor. 
elus yap és Sraprnv te Kal és IIvdov jyabderta, 
vooTov Tevobpevos TaTpos Ov oixyopévovo, 
of / v A A » > UA 
nv tis pou eimnor BpoTav,  docay aKxovow 
éx Avs, } Te padiota héper Kréos avOpw7rovow. 
el pév Kev Tatpos Blorov Kal vooTov aKxovco, 
9 > xX 4 / 7 / > 4 
i T av, Tpvyopevos Tep, ETL TAainv éviavTov: 
> ld fal > 4 a. ee | >/ 
et 6€ Ke TEOVN@TOS aKovow pnd éT édvToS, 
/ 6? 7 }- > ‘S a 
vootncas 61 érevta hidny és tatpiva yaiav 
n / / e 4 ; $4 / oh 
ond té of yew Kal él Ktépea KTepeiEw 
\ 4/~? ied 7 » BS a Lg / ? 
TOAAG par, Oooa EOLKE, Kab avEpl PNTEPA doco. 


210 


> b] / 
°"H ro. 6 ¥y &s eitrov Kat ap eleTo, Tolc. 6 avéoTn 


Mévrop, 6s p’ "OdSvofos apdbpovos Hev éraipos, 


IS, RO 2 \ ea 5 ef 
Kat Ol L@V EV VHVOLV ETTETPETTEV OLKOV ATTAVTA, 


4 / 
meWecOatl te yépovtt Kal éumreda Tavta pudrdoceww* 


4 
0 ofw évdpovéwy ayopycato Kal peréeutre’ 


/ \ a 
‘ Kéxdute 8) viv pev, "IOaxnovor, Orte kev eir@* 


/ 4 4 3 \ \ » ” 
pn Tis €Tt Tpodpwv aryavos Kal His eoTw 
oKnTTovyxyos Baciheds, wndé dpeciv alciwa ecidas, 
GAN’ aiel yareros 7° ein wal aicvra pélor, 

e ” / ’ a ig 
@s ov Tis péuvntat "Odvachos Oetoro 


225 


THE ODYSSEY, II. 49 


long as she delays the Achaians in her marriage, More- 
over, waiting here day after day, as rivals for her charms, 
we will not seek out other women whom it might well 
' become a man to marry.” 

Then answered him discreet Telemachos : “ Eurymachos 
and all you other lordly suitors, these things I urge no 
longer; I have no more to say; for now the gods and all 
the Achaians understand. Come, then, and give me a - 
swift ship with twenty comrades, to help me make a jour- 
ney up and down the sea; for I will go to Sparta and to 
sandy Pylos, to ask about the coming home of my long- 
absent father. Perhaps some man can tell me, or I may 
catch a rumor sent from Zeus, which carries tidings far 
and wide amongst mankind. If I shall hear my father is 
alive and coming home, however weary, still I might sub- 
mit for one year more. But if I hear that he is dead — 
no longer with the living —I will at once return to my 
own native land, and pile his mound and pay the funeral 
rites, full many, as are due, and I will give my mother to 
a husband.” 

So saying, he sat down; and up rose Mentor, who was 
the friend of gallant Odysseus. On going with the ships, 
Odysseus gave him charge of all his house, that they 
should heed their elder and he keep all things secure. 
He with good will addressed them thus, and said: 

“ Hearken now, men of Ithaka, to what I say. Never 
again let sceptre-bearing king in all sincerity be kind and 
gentle, nor let him in his mind heed righteousness. Rather 
should he be always stern, and work unrighteous deeds ; 
since none remembers kingly Odysseus among the people 


td OAYSSEIAS B. 


a 3 

Nady, olow avacce, TaTHp 8 Hs Hrs Hev. 
n ‘ 
GNX } ToL pynoTHpas ayHvopas ov TL peyaipw 
Epdew epya Biava Kaxoppadinar vooto: 
ohas yap wapOéuevor xeparas Katédovot Biaiws 
olxov ‘Odvacihos, tov 8° ovKéte acl véer@ar. 
vov &’ Grr Shum vewerifouat, olov amravtes 
> 7 > \ A 4 > / 
oO dvew, atap ov Tt KaBaTrToOpevol érréeoot 
Tavpous pynothpas Katatravete ToAXol éovTes.’ 
/ 

Tov 8” Evnvopidns Aewxpitos avtiov nvda: 
‘ Mévtop ataprnpé, ppévas nreé, Trotov éevtres 
nuéas OTpUVOY KaTaTravéwev. apyadéov é 
> , \ / , \ , 
avipact Kal TrEdverot paynoacbat tepl SacTi. 
el wep yap x ’Odvoeds “I0axnows abtos éredOov 
Sawvpévous Kata dua éov pvnotipas ayavovs . 
b] / / / Jue ot ie a 
éEchacar peydpoto pevownoer evi Oupe, 
ov Kév OL KeyadpoLTO uv), wdda TEP YaTéovca, 

, > > / > lal > y. / > / 
éXOovT’, GAG Kev avTodD aetKéa TOTMOV éricTot, 
et Tredverot waxotto’ od 8’ ov Kata poipay éevTres. 
GNX’ aye, Kaol pev oxldvacd’ él Epya ExacTos, 

‘ 4 
tovTm 8 orpuvées Mévtwp oddv 78° ’AdiOépons, 
{ / e fs 3 a / / > € rn 

of TE of €€ apyns TaTpatol eiow éraipor. 

> 

Grr’, diw, kal dn0a KaOnwevos ayyedudov 
4 > ‘ 
mevoetar elv “IOdxn, tedéer 8 Oddy ov rote TavTnv. 
‘\ vy? , a 
“Qs ap’ ébavncer, Adcev 8 ayophy ainvnpyy. 
e \ AP 
ol ev ap éoxidvavto éd mrpds Smal” ExacTos, 
a b n 
uvnotipes 5° és Sepa’ toav Oelov ’Odvajos. 
, a 
Tnr€épaxos 8 amdvev0e xiv ért Oiva Oardoons, 
KEtpas vipdwevos Torus adds, evyeT "AOnvy. 
nn re a 
‘ Kr00i pev, 3 yOifds Peds HAvOEs Huérepov 8H 
9 
cal pw év vnl Kédevoas em jepoevdéa movror, 


ee 


THE ODYSSEY, II. 51 


whom he ruled, kind father though he was. Yet I make 
no complaint against the haughty suitors for doing deeds 
of violence in insolence of heart. For they at hazard 
of their heads thus violently devour the household of 
Odysseus, saying he will come no more. It is with the 
remainder of the people I am wroth, because you all sit 
still, and, uttering not a word, you do not stop the suit- 
ors, — they so few and you so many.” 

Then answered him Evenor’s son, Leiokritos: “ In- 
fernal Mentor, crazy-witted man, what do you mean by 
urging them to stop us? Hard would it be, for many 
more than we, to fight with us on question of our food! 
Indeed, should Ithakan Odysseus come himself upon us 
lordly suitors feasting in his house, and be resolved in 
heart to drive us from the hall, his wife would have no 
joy, however great her longing, over his coming; but here 
he should meet shameful death, fighting with more than 
he. You spoke unwisely! Come, people, then, turn to 
your own affairs! For this youth here, Mentor shall speed 
his voyage, and Halitherses too, for they are from of old 
his father’s friends; but I suspect he still will sit about 
for many a day, gather his news in Ithaka, and never 
make the voyage.” 

He spoke and hastily dissolved the assembly. So they 
dispersed, each going to his house ; the suitors sought the 
house of kingly Odysseus. 

But Telemachos walked by himself along the sea-shore, 
and, washing his hands in the foaming water, prayed 
Athene: “Hear me, O thou who yesterday didst visit, 
god as thou art, our home, and there didst bid me go on 


52 OAYSSEIAS B. 


vooTov Tevoopevov tatpos Sv olyvopévoto, 
gpyecOar: ta dé wavta dvatpiBovow ‘Axavol, 268 
pnothpes 5 paddvota, Kaas vrepnvopéovTes. 

“Qs pat’ edyopevos, sxedd0ev Sé of HAOev "AOnvn, 
Mévrope eidopévn jyéev Séuas dé Kal addiv, 

Kai pw hoviocac érea TEepdevTa Tpocnvoa* 

‘ Tnrtuay’, od dmrilev Kaxds ~roear ov’ avonpor, 
et 5 Tot cod TaTpos évéotaKTaL pévos 7D, a7 
olos Keivos env Teréaar epyov te eros Te. 
ov tot ere’ arin Odds Eaoetat OVS’ arédeoTOS. 
et 8° ov Kelvov y éoot yovos Kai IInveroteins, 
ov o€ y erevta oda TedevTHTEW & peEvoLVas. 275, 
maupor yap Tov maides Omoior matpl méAovTat, 
of moves Kakiovs, Tadpor S€ Te TaTpds apelous. — 

GX’ érel ovd’ SriOev Kaxds Eooeat ovd’ avojpor, 

ovdé oe Trayyu ye phtis ‘Odvechos mpodédoutrev, 
éXrwpn Tor ererta TedevTHoaL Tabe Epa. 280 
T® viv pynotnpwv pev éa Bovdjy Te voov TE 

appadéwy, ere ot TL vorpoves ovdé Sixatos* 

ovdé te toacw Oavatov Kal Kipa pédawvayr, 

Os 59 ot oyeddv éotw, ér’ Hwatt wavtas dréc0a. 

gol 8° 00s obdxére Snpdv améooetar tv ob pevowds* 285 
Tolos yap ToL étaipos éym TaTpwLds eipt, 

ds Tot via Ooy oreréw Kal dw Abouar adros. 

GX od pev pds Sopat’ lov pynorhpow opuiret, 
Ordccoy T hia Kal ayyerw apoov aravta, 

oivov év audipopedot, Kal GrAdita, pveddv avdpav, 2 
Séppacw év trucwoicw: éyo 8 ava Sijpov éralpous 
any’ €Ocdovtijpas cvrAréEowat. iol &é vijes 

ToANal év aupidrp "lOdKyn, véar 7dé wadaval: 





THE ODYSSEY, Il. 53 


shipboard, over the misty sea, to ask about the coming 
home of my long-absent father. All thy commands the 
Achaians hinder, the suitors most of all in wicked inso- 
lence.” 

So spoke he in his prayer, and near him came Athene, 
taking the guise of Mentor in figure and in voice, and 
speaking to him in winged words she said : 

“‘Telemachos, henceforth you shall not be a base man 
nor a foolish, if in you stirs your father’s hardy spirit, and 
you like him can give effect to deed and word./) But if © 
you are not sprung from him and from Penelope, then 
am I hopeless of your gaining what you seek. Few sons 
are like their fathers; most are worse, few better, than 
the father. Yet because you henceforth will not be base 
nor foolish, nor has the wisdom of Odysseus wholly failed 
you, therefore there is a hope you will one day effect these 
deeds. 

“Disregard, then, the plans and purposes of the mad 
suitors, for they are in no way wise or upright men. 
Nothing they know of death and the dark doom which 
now is near, so that they all shall perish in aday. But for 
, yourself, the journey you desire shall not be long delayed. 
So truly am I your father’s friend, I will provide you a 
swift ship and I will be your comrade. But go you to 
the palace, mix with the suitors, and prepare the stores, 
securing all in vessels — wine in jars, and corn, which is 
men’s marrow, in tight skins — while I about the town 
quickly select a willing crew. In sea-girt Ithaka are many 
ships, ships new and old. Of these I will look out the 


D4 OAYSSEIAS B. 


/ / ; ee. > U4 9s 
Taw@y méev ToL éyov eriorouat 4 Tis aplorn, 
> % 9 / > 7 eer , 3’ 
axa 6° éhotriccartes évjcopev edpés ToT. 


“Qs par’ ’AOnvain, Kodpn Aros: od8 ap’ ere Syv 


Tnréuayos trapéuyvev, érel Ocod exrvev avdyjv. 
n >» \ an I / 3 

BH S&S ipwevar pds Saya, Pirov retinuévos Hrop, 

evpe 5° dpa pynothpas ayjvopas év peydpoow, 
5 4 , / eR > 2 A 

alyas aviewévous otdrovs 0 ebovtas év avdh. 

"Avtivoos 8 iOds yeddoas kie Tyreudyoo* 


” aes e a \ » > » > i a ae 4 
év T apa ot pv yeipi eos T EhaT T dvopate: 


‘Tyréuay’ irvayopn, wévos adoxere, pj th Tor dAdo 


> / \ / 4 4 
év otnGecot Kakov perétwo Epyov te eros TE, 
/ 

Grd pou écOrepev Kal Tivéwev, @s TO Tapos Trep. 

an dé / f / > \ 
TavTa 0€ To pada TavTa TedevTHToVvew ’Axatol, 
a \ b] / 2.1 ~ n vA 
vna Kai éEaltous épétas, va Oadooov ixnat 
, 4 > / ] > nm \ > ' a 
és ITvnrov jyabenv pet’ ayavod tatpds axounp. 

b / 
Tov 8 abt Tnréuayos tremvupévos avtiov nda: 
> a 
‘"Avtivo", ov mwas éotw vTepdidrotor peO” tpiv 
/ 

Saivucbal 7 axéovta Kal etdhpaiverbar Exnrov. 


805 


810 


h ody Gdus ws TO mapoiWev exelpeTe TOAdA Kal écOda 


/ b , \ an b] \ 8° 4 / i . 
KTNPAT e"a, pvNnoTHpES, ey@ ETL VHTLOS Ha ; 


vov 8 bre 8% péyas eipl Kal GrAXrAwv pvOov axovwv 


muvOdvouat, Kat dn pot aéEerar évdo0. Ovpos, 
/ LA > + \ a an > / 

Telpnow WS K Upp Kakas eri Khpas indo, 
né IIvAovd’ eav, 7) adrod 7dd’ evi Spo. 

\ »Q> ey / for 4 > / 
elt pev, 0d’ Grin Od0s EaceTaL tv ayopEetw, 
D4 > \ \ > A >.059-; 9 / 
éutropos* ov yap vnos émyBoros ovd’ éperawv 
yliyvowat' ds vd tov tupw éeicato Képdiov eivat.’ 

9 H ec ‘29 \ a 4 - Se / 

pa, Kal €« yelipos Yeipa omdcar "AyTivooto 

[peta punothpes Sé Sdwov xara Saita mévorTo}. 


THE ODYSSEY, II. 55 


best, and quickly making her ready we will launch her on 
the open sea.” 

So spoke Athene, daughter of Zeus. No longer then 
lingered Telemachos when he heard the goddess speak. 
He set off toward the house, though with a heavy heart, 
and found the lordly suitors at the palace flaying goats 
and singeing swine within the court. Antinods with a 
laugh came forward to Telemachos, and taking him by 
the hand he spoke, and thus addressed him: 

“Telemachos, you of the lofty tongue and the unbridled 
temper, do not again grow sore in heart at what we do 
or say! No, eat and drink just as you used todo. All 
you have asked of course the Achaians will provide — the 
ship and the picked crew — to help you quickly find your 
way to sacred Pylos, seeking for tidings of your noble 
father.” 

Then answered him discreet Telemachos: ‘ Antinods, 
I cannot, among you churlish men, sit quietly at table 
and calmly take my ease ; for was it not enough that in 
the days gone by you suitors wasted much good property 
of mine, I still a helpless child? But now that I am 
grown, and, hearing the story from the lips of others, un- 
derstand, and the heart swells within me, I will do what 
I may to bring on your heads an evil doom, whether I go 
to Pylos or remain here in the land. But go I will — not 
vain shall the voyage be of which I speak —a passenger 
with others, since I can get command of neither ship nor 
erew. So seemed it wisest now to you.” 

He spoke, and from the hand of Antinods quietly drew 
his own. Meanwhile, the suitors in the house were busy 


56 OAYSSEIAS B. 


of 8’ émedwBevov Kal éxeptopecov eréecow: 
Ode Sé Tus elrecke véwy UTEpnvopeovTwV’ 
‘°H pdra Tyréuaxos povov jyuiv wepynpifer. 825 
/ 
% twas é« IIvdov a&e aptvtopas nyaboevtos, 
4 & ye nal SraptynGev, éret vb mwep tetas aivas: 
ne kar eis "Edvpny 0dr, mlepay apoupar, 
na / 
enOciv, dbp’ &vOev OvpopOdpa pdppax’ éveixy, 
n / 
év 5& Badn Kpnthpe Kal hpéas mavTas Ohooy. 330 
/ 
"Andros 8’ abt’ eitecke véwy vTrepnvopeovTmV* 
‘rls 8 ofS’ ef xe kal avros lav Koidns él vnos 
Thre dirwv aToAnTat ad@pevos Bs ep ’Odvaceds ; 
oUT@ Kev Kal paGAXov OpérAXrevey Tévoy Aupww* 

/ ‘ / f Di Ag 8’ S$ 
KTHpaTa yap Kev TavtTa SacaipeBa, oixia 6’ avTe 335 
TovTou pntéps Soiwev Exyew 40’ Os Tus omrvioL. 

“Qs dav: 6 8’ thrdpodov Oddrapov xateBjoeto Tatpos, 

> A isd \ \ \ \ 7 
evpvv, 604 vyTos ypucds Kal yadKos ExerTo 
éxOns 7 év ynrdoiow Gris 7 ev@des EXatov: 
év 5¢ mio. olvoto Taratod HduTrOTOLO 340 
Y] 
éctacav, axpntov Oeiov trotdv évTos éyxovTes, 
e / \ a > / v aD \ 
é£eins motl totyov apnpértes, et mot ’Odvaceds 
oixade vooTHaele Kal ANyea TOAAA poynoas. 
KAnictai 8’ érecay cavides muKwas apapviat, 
Oucrldes: év Se ; in ve . 2 -. 
€s' €V O€ YUV?) TALIN VUKTaS TE Kal NuLAp 845 
a” oo 
gory’, ) twavt’ épiracce voov Todvidpelnow, 
4 3 
Evpicre’, *Qrros Ovydrnp ITevonvopisao. 
\ , 
tThv tote Tndéuayos tpocédn Odrapovde xadéccas* 
a + 

‘ Mai’, aye 87 pou olvov év audipopedow advacov 
e 14 \ 

Hduv, Stig peta Tov AapwTaTos bv od durAdoo«s, 850 

a > , \ 

Keivov ovoevn TOV Kappopov, et moOev EdOor 
\ A 
Sioyerjs "Oduceds Oavatov Kat knpas addéas. 


THE ODYSSEY, II. ~ 57 


at their meal. They mocked him, jeering at him in their 
talk, and a rude youth would say: 

“ Really, Telemachos is plotting for our ruin! He will 
bring champions from sandy Pylos; or even from Sparta, 
so deeply is he stirred; or else he means to go to Ephyra, 
that fertile land, and fetch thence deadly drugs to drop 
into our wine-bowl and so destroy us all.” 

Then would another rude youth answer thus: “Who 
knows, if he goes off upon a hollow ship and wanders far 
from friends, but he too may be lost just as Odysseus was! 
And that would bring us even more to do; for all his 
goods we then must share, and give the house to his 
mother, for her to keep — her and the man who marries 
her.” 

So ran their talk. But now Telemachos passed down 
the house into his father’s high-roofed chamber— broad | 
it was— where in a pile lay gold and bronze, clothing 
in chests, and stores of fragrant oil. Great jars of old 
delicious wine were standing there, holding within pure 
liquor fit for gods, in order ranged along the wall, in 
case Odysseus, after many woes, ever came home again. 
Shut were the folding-doors, close-fitting, double; and here 
both night and day a housewife stayed, who in her watch- 
ful wisdom guarded all— Eurykleia, daughter of Ops, 
Peisenor’s son. To her Telemachos now spoke, calling her 
to the room: 

“Good nurse, come draw me wine in jars, sweet wine, 
and what is choicest next to the wine you keep, thinking 
that ill-starred man will one day come — high-born Odys- 
seus, safe from death anddoom. Fill twelve and fit them 


58 OAYSSEIAS B. 


+ 


, > + \ / + 4 
dHdexa O° EuTAnoov Kal Tepacw apoov atravras. 
? / LA ca) > / - 
év 6€ pot addita yedov évppadéecat Sopoicw: 
eixoot 8 atm pétpa pudAnpatov adrditov axTijs. 355 
ait 5° oin ict: ta 8 dOpoa mdvta TetvyYOo° 
éoTréplos yap éyov aipjoopat, ommote Kev bn 
pATHp eis UTEep@’ avaBH KolTrov Te pédnTar. 
eiut yap és Sraptnv te kal és IlvdNov nuadderra, 
vooTov Tevaomevos TaTpos Pidov, Hv Tov akovcw. 360 
“Qs dato, Koxvoev € hirn Tpodds Evpv«reva 
P ’ 
Mae), Bh / 7 , 4 
kal p’ dropupopéevn erea TTEpoevTa Tpocnvda* 
‘Tirte 5é Tou, pire réxvov, évi dpeol TodTo vonwa 
érreto ; mH 8° eOédevs iévat ToAAHY ert yaiav 
a € > 
podvos €wv ayarnros ; 0 8’ @AEeTO THACHL TaTpNS 365 
Suoyerns ‘Oduceds adroyvaT@ évi Sjpo. 
e / bd] / > of \ 4, > / 
ot 6é To. avtix’ iovtt Kaka dpdocovtar btriccw 
, 
as Ke SoA POins, Trade 8 adTol Tavta SdcovTat. 
GAG pév’ av’ él coicr KaOjpevos: ovdé Ti ce ypn 
r es Gigi eB g's , \ , S05 fn ’ 
TOVTOV é€T GTpUYETOV Kaka TaoyYeLV OVD adadnoOaL. 
Tiv & ab Tnréuaxos wemvupévos avtiov nvda: 871 
WNC 
a / 
‘ @dpoet, pai’, érel od Tot dvev Oeod de ye BovAy. 
GX’ Guocov pi untpl dirin rade pvOncacba., 
, Ig 9 HK e 6 / 8 5 , , 
mplv y oT av évdexatn te SuwdexadTn Te yévnTat, 3 
 avtnv tobécar Kai adopunbévtos aKovoat, 875 
@s av pt) KNalovca KaTa ypoa Kandov iaTTn. 
lal > , 
“Qs dp’ bn, ypnds Sé Oedv péyav SpKov arrapvu, 
> a > Pic 8D ome / tA 4 \ 4 
avuTap érel p dpuocky Te TEeXeCUTHTEV TE TOV OpKOD, 
aitix érevtad ot oivov év audipopedow adhvaocer, 
, a : Led 
év 5é of Gdrdita yevev evppadéecot Sopoicr: 880 
e 
Tnr<éuayxos 8° és Sopat lov pynorhpow opirer. 
” ) > , na ’ , 
Ev@” attr’ arn évonoe Oed yravxatis ‘AOnvn, 


THE ODYSSEY, II. 59 


all with covers. Then pour me barley into well-sewn 
sacks. Let there be twenty measures of ground barley- 
meal. None but yourself must know. Get all together, 
and I to-night will fetch them, so soon as my mother goes 
to her upper chamber seeking rest; for I am going to 
Sparta and to sandy Pylos, to see if I can learn of my 
dear father’s coming.” f 

As he said this, his good nurse Eurykleia cried aloud, © 
and sorrowfully said in winged words: “Ah, my dear 
child, how came such notions in your mind? Where will 
you go through the wide world, our only one, our darling! 
High-born Odysseus is already dead, far from his home in 
some strange land. And now these men, the instant you 
are gone, will plot us evil for the days to come — how you 
by stealth may be cut off, and they thus share with one 
another all things here. No, stay you here at ease amongst 
your own! You have no need to suffer hardship, roam- 
ing over barren seas.” 

Then answered her discreet Telemachos: ‘ Courage! 
good nurse, for not without God’s warrant is my purpose. 
But swear to speak no word of this to my dear mother till 
the eleventh or twelfth day comes, or until she shall miss 
me and hear that I am gone, that so she may not stain 
her beautiful face with tears.” 

Thus did he speak, and the old woman swore by the 
gods a heavy oath. Then after she had sworn and ended 
all that oath, she straightway drew him wine in jars, 
and poured him barley into well-sewn sacks. Telemachos, 
meanwhile, passed to the house and joined the suitors. 

Now elsewhere the goddess turned her thoughts, keen- 


60 OAYSSEIAS B. 


/ b] >. \ / 4 / 
Tyreuayp éucvia Kata wrod @yeTO TavTN, 
Fe € / \ / / “ 
kat pa éxaoTw poti tapiotapévn dato puOov, 
€ / 5° > \ a \ 2 eed 
éotrepiovs 0 emt vija ony ayéperOat avaryer. 
» 8 atte Dpoviowo Nonjpova Paidimov vidv 
” n / ¢ / e , e / 
ntee via Oonv: o Sé of mpodpav strédexro. 
/ / ’ > / , / n > / 
Avceto T éd0s oKLOwWYTO TE TAacaL ayULAl’ 
a \ 
kai tote via Oonv Grad’ elpuce, wdvta 8° ev adrh, 
Orr’ ériBer, Ta TE Ves eUoaEApoL hopéovcL. 


a >? 5 eS | n an 
atioe 8 én éaxatih Apévos, wept 8° écOrol. éraipor 


GOpoor nyepeBovto: ea 8 wrpuvev ExacTov. 

"Ev0’ ait’ adn’ évonoe Oed yravedris "AOnvn, 
BA p’ iwevar mpos Sdpar’ ’OSvachos Oeior0* 
év0a pvnotnpecow én yrundv brvov éxeve, 
mrale 5é mivovtas, yeipov 8° Barre KirredXa. 
ot 8° ebdew MpvuvTo Kata mrodwW, ovd’ dp ere Shv 
ear’, ere’ ogiow Urvos él Brehdporow erimtev. 
avtap Tnréuaxov mpocépn yravearis ’AOjvyn 
exTrpoKanecoapmevn peydpov ev vareTaovTwr, 
Meévtops eidouévn nuev dSéuas 7dé Kal avdjy: 

‘ Tnrdéuay’, Hdn pév Tor évevyjpides Etaipor 
elaT émnpeTMol, THY ONY TOTLOéypEvOL Opp 
GAN’ toner, wn dnOA SvatpiBapev odoio.’ 

‘Os dpa dovicac’ tyjoato Iladdas ’AOjvn 
Kaptarimws: 0 8 erecta pet iyvia Baive Oeoio. 
avtap émel p’ él via katndvOov 75é Oaraccar, 
evpov éreit él Owl Kapn KouowrvTas étaipous. 
toiot O€ Kal peréerh’ iepy ts Tyreuadyouo- 

‘ Acite, piros, qua hepouclas ravta yap Hdn 
GOpo’ évi peyapw: pyrnp 8° éurh od} te wémvoTat, 
ovd’ dAXat Suwal, pla 8 on poOov axovaev.’ 


410 


THE ODYSSEY, II. 61 


eyed Athene. In likeness of Telemachos, she went 
throughout the town, and, approaching one and another 
man, gave them the word, bidding them meet by the swift 
ship at eventide. Noémon next, the famous son of Phron- 
ios, she begged for a swift ship; and this he freely prom- 
ised. 

Now the sun sank and all the ways grew dark. Then 
did she draw the swift ship to the sea and put in her all 
the gear that well-benched vessels carry; she anchored 
her by the harbor’s mouth; the good crew gathered round 
about, and the goddess gave them zeal. 

Then elsewhere the goddess turned her thoughts, keen- 
eyed Athene. She set off-for the house of princely Odys- 
seus, there on the suitors poured sweet sleep, confused 
them as they drank, and made the cups fall from their 
hands. To rest they hurried off throughout the town, and 
did not longer tarry, for sleep fell on their eyelids. But 
to Telemachos now spoke keen-eyed Athene, calling him 
forth before the stately hall and taking the guise of Men- 
tor in figure and in voice: 

“‘'Telemachos, already your mailed comrades sit at the 
oar and wait your starting. Come, let us go, and not lose 
time upon the way.” 

Saying this, Pallas Athene led the way in haste, and he 
walked after in the footsteps of the goddess. But when 
they came down to the ship and to the sea, they found 
upon the beach their long-haired comrades, to whom thus 
spoke revered Telemachos : 

“Come, friends, and let us fetch the stores; all are at 
last collected at the hall. My mother knows of nothing, 


nor do the handmaids either. One alone had my orders.” 
6 


62 OAYSSEIAS B. 


“Qs dpa povncas hyjcato, tol § dw’ Erovto. 
e ier J / f b / - ee. \ 
of 8’ dpa mavta dépovtes EveceAp@ ert vi 
a f ‘ 
KaTtOecav, ws éxédXevoev "Odvacqos pidos vios. 
an > 
dv 8’ dpa Tnréuayos vos Baty’, ipye 8’ “AOnvn, 
\ y Dee Pe Ul pn k. e e 4 A 2 wr. > A 
vn 8° évi mpvpvn nat ap Kero. ayxr & ap’ avtijs 
&€eto Tyréuayos Tol dé mpupvycr édvoar, 
av 8€ kat avtol Bavres émt KAniot Kabifov. 
val n / 
totow 8 ixpevoyv ovpov te yAaveamis “AOnvn, 
an , 
axpah Zépupov, kedddovt él olvoTa TovTov. 
Tnréuayos 8° érdpovcw érotptvas éxéNevoev 
¢ c/ 4. END 39 / »” 
StAwY amtecOar: Tol 8° oTpUvovTOs aKovCcaV. 
iorov 8’ eiAdtwov Koidns évtocbe pecoduns 
oThcav delpaytes, Kata 5é mpotovoiow ednoar, 
Edxov 8’ toria AevKa éevoTpérrrovcr Boedow. 
4 > » / e ‘ > \ \ n 
éempnoev 5’ dvem“os pécov iotiov, audl dé Kdua 
atelpn toppvpeov peydN tiaye vnds tovons: 
» 8’ Gee Kata Kdpa Siarrpyacovea KédrevOor. 
Snodpevot 8’ dpa Stra Oonvy ava via pérawav 
oTHTaVTO KPNTHpas émictehéas oivoto, 
NetBov 8’ aOavaroicr Ocots aicuyevérnow, 
> 4, \ / \ , 7 
éx mavtov 5é€ wddota Ads yAavKwTids Kovpn. 
/ n a 
mavvuxin pév p’ h ye Kal n@ teipe KédevOov. 


THE ODYSSEY, II. 63 


Saying this he led the way, the others following after; 
and bringing all the stores into their well-benched ship 
they stowed them there, even as the dear son of Odysseus 
ordered. Then came Telemachos aboard ; but Athene led 
the way, and at the vessel’s stern she sat her down, while 
close at hand Telemachos was seated. The others slacked 
the stern-fasts, and coming aboard themselves took places 
at the pins. A favorable wind keen-eyed Athene sent, a _ 
brisk west wind that sang along the wine-dark sea. At 
this, Telemachos, inspiriting his men, bade them lay hold 
upon the tackling, and they hearkened to his call. Rais- 
ing the pine-wood mast, they set it in the hollow socket, 
binding it firm with forestays, and hoisted the white sail 
with twisted oxhide thongs. Now the wind swelled the 
belly of the sail, and round the stem loudly the dark wave 
roared as the ship started. Onward she sped, forcing a 
passage through the waves. Having made the tackling 
fast throughout the swift black ship, the men brought 
bowls brimming with wine, and to the gods, that never 
die and never have been born, they poured it forth — chief- 
est of all to her, the keen-eyed child of Zeus. So through 
the night and early dawn did the ship cleave her way. 


OAYSSEIAS I. 
Ta & Ild\o. 


/ 
’"Héduos 8’ avopouce, AuT@V TepiKadréa ivy, 
ovpavoy és todvyadxor, tv’ aBavatoior paeivot 
\ n lal - > \ / » 
kal Ovntoict Bpotoiow emi feidwpov apovpav: 
of S€ IITdnov, NndAjos évetipevoy mrorieOpor, 
fEov: rol 8’ él Owl Oardoons lepa pélor, 
Tavpous mappédavas, évoolyov. Kvavoxairy. 
évvéa 8’ &Spa ecav, mevtaxdcwot 8 év Exaorn 
elato, Kal mpovyovto éxdotobs évvéa Tavpovs. 
> 
eb0’ of omdayyv’ érdcavto, Oed 8’ él ppl’ Exator, 
e > > \ / Or C¢ / \ o/ 
ot 8’ iOds Katayovto, id’ totia vnos éions 
oreiAay delpavtes, THY 8’ @pmicav, ex 8’ EBay adtor 
éx 8’ dpa Tyréuaxyos vnos Bair’, hpye 5’ ’AOnvn. 
Tov mpoTépn mpocéevtre Oca yravewris ’AOjvn: 
‘ Tyr<uay’, od péev oe xpi) &r’ aidods ovd’ 4Balov- 


LA 4 
Touveka yap Kal movTov érétAws, hpa TvONaL 


10 


at 


\ a / 
Tatpos, Orrov KvOe yala Kal bv Twa TOTMOV éTrEOTTED. 


Grn aye viv iOds Kie Néotopos immodapovo- 
y 4 n oA / / 
eloouev Hv Twa phtrw evi ornbecor KéxevOe. 
ri fa dé aN ec / + 5 
iacecOat Sé pv avTos, Oras vnpeptéa ely 
n / 
areddos 8’ ovK épéers para yap Temvupévos €oTl. 
\ 
Thv 8’ ad Tyréuaxyos twemvupévos avtiov nda: 


20 


ral an 7 
‘Mévtop, ras 7 ap tw ras 7’ dp’ rpoomrbEopat avtov ; 


ovdé Ti mw wvOoicL TeTElpnuaL TUKLWWOITW* 
aidws 8’ av véov dvdpa yepaitepov é&epéer Oat.’ 


Til. 


AT PYLOS. 


AnD now the sun, leaving the beauteous bay, burst 
forth into the brazen sky, to shine for the immortals and 
for mortal men upon the fruitful fields; and the two - 
came to Pylos, the stately town of Neleus. The townsfolk 
here were offering sacrifice upon the beach, slaying black 
bulls to the dark-haired Earth-shaker. Nine groups of 
them were there, five hundred sat in each, and before each — 
group men held nine bulls in waiting. Just after they had 
tasted the inward parts, and now were burning to the god 
the thigh - pieces, the two ran swiftly in, hauled up and 
furled their trim ship’s sail, brought her to anchor, and 
came forth themselves. So from the ship came forth Te- 
lemachos, but Athene led the way, and the first to speak 
was the goddess, keen-eyed Athene: 

“ Telemachos, you must not now be in the least abashed, 
because for this you crossed the sea, to ask about your 
father and to learn where the earth hides him and what 
fate he met. Go then straight forward to the horseman 
Nestor, and let us know what is the wisdom that lies hid- 
den in his breast. Beg him yourself to tell the very 
truth. Falsehood he will not speak ; truly upright is he.” 

Then answered her discreet Telemachos: “* Mentor, how 
ean I go? How importune him? For in sound words I 
am not practised. Besides, a youth must be abashed 
when questioning his elders.” 


66 OAYSSEIAS I. 


Tov 8’ aire mpocdetre Oca yravearis ’AOnvn: 
‘ Tnrdépay’, ara pev adtos evi dpeci oot vonoes, 
adra 5€ Kai Saiuov vroOjcetat: ov yap diw 

DA a »/ / / > 
ov oe Oedy aéxnt yevéoOar Te Tpadéuer Te. 

“Qs dpa povnicac’ hyjcato Tladras ’AOjvy 

/ i c 5 54 > + A n 
KapTradipws: o 6’ éetta pet tyvia Baive Oeoio. 

i€ov 5’ és IIvNiwy avipov adyvpiv te Kai pas, 

: ” / ‘ a 
év@’ apa Néotwp hoto atv vidow, apdi 8’ ératpor 
8 ae ee | / / tae A ” bed 

QlT EVTUVOMEVOL KPEa T WITWVY adAa T ETrELpOV. 

¢ S 
ot 8’ ws ovv Eelvous tov, aOpoor 7AOov arravtes, 

/ > > / ‘ e / »” 
Nepal T noTavovtTo Kai édpidacbar avwyov. 
mpatos Neotopidns Ileciorpatos éyyibev éOav 
appotépwrv Ere yeipa Kal ipvoev rapa darth 
Kwcow év parakoiow, érl Yraudbois adrinot, 
* , = 
Tap Te Kaovyynto OpacvpHdei Kai TaTépt O° 
a «3 4 
Saxe 5’ apa omAayxvev poipas, év 8’ olvov éyeve 
/ bé - 5 PY / be 3) 
yxpuceip Sérrai: SevducKxopevos S€ mpoonvda 
XV > Ul 

ITara8’ ’AOnvainv, xovpnv Avos atyoyouo: 

‘ Evyeo viv, @ Ecive, Toceddwv avaxte: 

Le) \ \ PS / > , Py y Xo 
Tov yap Kal daitns AvTncaTe Sevpo podorTes. 

/ 

avTap ériv omeions Te Kal ed&eat, 1) Oépis éorl, 
60 \ 4 4 / dé ” 

ds Kal TovT@ érevta détras pedimdéos oivov 
omeical, émel Kal TOUTOY diowar ABavaToicw 
evyecOa: mavtes 5é Oe@v yatéovo’ avOpwrot. 
> \ / Pe € / iy cee > m . 
GANA vewTepos eat, OunrALKin 8’ enol adTo 
Tovvexa ool mpotépw SMow ypvceloy adeLooV.’ 

‘\ 
“Qs etrav év yerpl Tier Sémras Hd€éos oivous 
yaipe 8’ ’AOnvain memvupévm avdpl dixaig, 
c n 
ovvend ot TpoTépn SaKE ypvoElov adeLoor. 
avtixa 8’ evyeTo moAda Tloceidawve avaxtt. 


THE ODYSSEY, III. 67 


Then said the goddess, keen-eyed Athene: “ Telema- 
chos, some promptings you will find in your own breast, 
and heaven will send still more; for, I am sure, not unbe- 
friended by the gods have you been born and bred.” 

Saying this, Pallas Athene led the way in haste, and he 
walked after in the footsteps of the goddess. So they ap- 
proached the gathering of the men of Pylos and the group 
where Nestor sat among his sons. Round him his people, — 
making the banquet ready, were roasting meats and also 
putting pieces on the spits. But as they saw the stran- 
gers, all the men crowded near, gave hands in welcome, 
and asked them to sit down; and Nestor’s son Peisistra- 
tos, approaching first, took each by the hand, and showed 
them places at the feast on some soft fleeces laid upon the 
sands, beside his brother Thrasymédes and his father. 
He gave them portions of the inward parts, poured out 
some wine into a golden cup, and, offering welcome, said 
to Pallas Athene, daughter of egis-bearing Zeus: 

“ Here, stranger, make a prayer to lord Poseidon. It 
is his feast you meet at this your coming. Then, after you 
have poured and prayed as is befitting, give this man too 
the cup of honeyed wine, for him to pour; for I suppose 
he also prays to the immortals. All men have need of 
gods. But he is the younger, young as I myself; so to 
you first I give the golden chalice.” 

Saying this, he placed the cup of sweet wine in her 
hand. And Athene was pleased to find the man so sensi- 
ble and courteous, pleased that he gave her first the golden 
chalice. Forthwith she prayed a fervent prayer to lord 
Poseidon : 


68 OAYSSEIAS YP. 


‘ Kr001, TToceiSaov yaujoye, unde peynpys 
Hulv evyomévotot TedevTIoaL TabEe Epya. 

Néorops pév mpa@ticta Kali vidow Kddos orate, 
avtap émevt’ adXovo. Sidov yapiecoay aporBnv 
cvutracw IIvrlowcw ayaxrerths éxatouPns. 

dds 8’ ére Tyréuayov Kal ewe mpn€avta véecOat, 
ovvexa Sedp’ ixdpecOa Bon odv vyi pedraivy.’ 

“Qs ap’ érevt’ npato kal abtn Tdvta TedevTA* 
Saxe 5é Tyreudy@ Kadov Séras apdpixd7reddop. 
as 8’ a’tas npato ’Odvccios Pidos vids. 

¢ | oe J \ ” | iy J / \ > 4 
ot 8’ érel @rTncav Kpé’ bTépTEepa Kal EpvoavTo, 

f Py / / pm dé é a“ 
pootpas Sacoduevot Saivurt épucvdéa daira. 

> \ b] \ / \ b] 4 > ” 4 
avtap émel Too.s Kal édntvos é& Epov EévTo, 

a ” v7 = , c , , 
tots apa wvOwv jpye Tepyvios immota Neotwp. 

‘ Nov 67 KddXov éote petarrARoat Kal épécOat 

/ A / > \ / > a 
Ecivovs, of Ties elow, érel TdpTncav édwdijs. 

@ Ecivo., tives éoté ; meOev rEciO’ bypa KérevOa ; 
h Tt Kata tpnkw 7 parridios adarnoOe, 

ola Te AntoThpes, Umelp Gra, Tol T addwvTat 
Wuyas twapbéuevot, Kakov GdAXodaTroict pépovTes ;’ 

Tov 8’ a’ Tnréuayos wemvupévos avtiov nda: 
Oapancas: adit?) yap évi dpeol Oapoos ’AOjvy 
Oy’, wa pw wept tatpds atrovyouévoto eporto 
[9d’ wa pw Kréos écOrov év avOporoow eynow): 

°° Néotop Nyrniddn, péya Kddos ’Ayaor, 
elpeas ommobev ciuev: éym 5é Ké TOL KaTaréeo. 
pets €E “L0anns dtrovyniov etAxjovO ev" 
mpnéis 0’ 0’ tdi, od SxHutos, Av ayopedo. 

Tatpos €4od Kréos cdpv weTépyouat, Hv Tov akovcw, 
diov ‘Oduvcojos tarxacidpovos, dv mwoté pact 


75 


THE ODYSSEY, III. 69 


‘“‘ Hearken, Poseidon, thou girder of the land, and count 
it not too much to give thy suppliants these blessings. 
First upon Nestor and his sons bestow all honor; then 
to the rest grant gracious recompense, to all the men of 
Pylos, for their splendid sacrifice; and grant still farther 
that Telemachos and I may sail away, having accomplished 
that for which we came, we and our swift black ship.” 

Thus did she pray, and was ‘herself fulfilling all. To - 
Telemachos she passed the beautiful double cup, and in 
like manner also prayed the dear son of Odysseus. But 
when the rest had roasted all the outer flesh and drawn it 
off, dividing the portions, they held a famous feast. And 
after they had stayed desire for drink and food, then thus 
began the Gerenian horseman Nestor : 

“‘ Now, then, it is more suitable to prove our guests and 
ask them who they are, since they are refreshed with food. 
Strangers, who are you? Whence do you come, sailing 
the watery ways? Are you upon some errand? Or do 
you rove at random, as the pirates roam the seas, risking 
their lives and bringing ill to strangers?” 

Then answered him discreet Telemachos, plucking up 
courage; for Athene herself put courage in his heart to 
ask about his absent father and to win a good report 
among mankind : 

“QO Nestor, son of Neleus, great glory of the Achaians, 
you ask me whence we are, and I will tell you. We come 
from Ithaka, under Mount Neion. Our errand is our 
own, no public thing, as I will show. I come to gather 
scattered tidings of my father, royal long-tried Odysseus, 


70 OAYSSEIAS I. 


av col papvapevov Tpdwv mormw é&arardéa. 85 
GAdous péev yap tavtas, dco. Tpwoiv roréucfor, 
es We 5) 4 eee A oN 7 
mevOoped’, yt ExacTos aTw@AETO AVYP@ OrEOpyH, 
keivov 8’ av Kal OdeOpov atrevOéa OfjKxe Kpoviwr. 
ov yap tis Stvatat cada eitréwev oT77d0” Odwrer, 
7 @ > | oe ee / 4 > / / 
el?’ 6 x em nreipov Sadun avdpdat dSvopevécoou, 90 
elre Kal év medayer peta Kvipacw ’Auditpirns. 
Tovexa viv Ta oa youval’ ixdvouat, al x ébérnoba 
/ \ bs > a ¥ BA 
keivou Avypov OrcOpov éviotreiy, ef Trov TwTas 
op0arpoicr Teoicw, 7) addAov pvOov aKovoas 
/ / > XN / / 
mralopévov’ mepl yap pw ovlupov réxe pnrnp. 95 
/ / > 307 / > / 
pndé tl p alddpevos peirloceo pnd’ édrealpwr, 
> ? 9S 4 4 + b] a 
GX’ ed pot KaTadetov OTwS HYTHCAS OTT HS. 
Maocopat, el moTé Tol TL TraTIp éwos, EcOrds “Odvaceds, 
” >/ ” ¢ \ > / 
h &tros né Te épyov vmoatas é&eTéNeoce 
Sym évt Tpdwv, 601 madcyete mhpat *Aya.ol: 100 
TOV VOV Mol pvHoal, Kal pot vnmepTées eviotres.’ 
Tov 8 npelBer erevra Tepjvios immota Néotwp: 
‘@ dir, ered pw Euvnoas dildos, Hv ev éxeivo 
Snum avéTAnpev pévos aoxerot vies “Ayaan, 
> \ 4 \ \ : FAR > , ‘ 
nev doa Evy vnvolvy ém’ hepoevdéa movTov 105 
Tralopevot Kata dnid’, Orn apEeev ’AyidrEds, 
209 of ‘ ” / / bd 
nS Oca Kal Tepl aotu péya IIpiapoio avaxros 
/ > 4 hae / iA ” 
papvapel’> évOa 8 érevta Katéxrabev doco. apioTos. 
évOa pev Aias Ketrar apjios, évOa S ’AyiArreds, 
évOa Sé Ildtpoxros, Ocodi pnotwp atddavtos, 110 
” 
évOa 5’ éuos diros vids, Gua Kpatepos Kal auvpor, 
>] 
Avtiroyos, tept péev Oeiew tayds Hoe paynTis: 
be tad a 
adda Te TOA érl Trois waOopev Kaka: Tis Kev éxeiva 
mTavTa ye pvOnoatto Katabyntav avOpwrrwv ; 


THE ODYSSEY, III. 71 


who once, they say, fought side by side with you and 
sacked the Trojan town. For, as to all the others who were 
in the war at Troy, we have obtained some knowledge where 
each met his mournful death; but this man’s death the 
son of Kronos left unknown. No one can surely say where 
he has died ; whether on land he was borne down by foes, 
or on the sea among the waves of Amphitrité. Therefore 
I now come hither to your knees, to ask if you will tell me 
of his mournful death; whether perhaps you saw it for 
yourself with your own eyes, or heard the story from some 
wayfarer, for to exceeding grief his mother bore him. 
Out of regard for me use no mild word nor yield to 
pity, but tell me just how-you had sight of him. I do en- 
treat you, if ever my father, good Odysseus, in word or 
deed kept covenant with you, in that land of the Trojans 
where you Achaians suffered, be mindful of it now; tell 
me the very truth.” 

Then answered him the Gerenian horseman Nestor: 
“ Ah, friend, you call to mind the pains we bore when in 
that land, untamed in spirit as we sons of the Achaians 
were — all we endured on ship-board on the misty sea, 
eoasting for plunder wheresoe’er Achilles led ; and all our 
fightings round the stronghold of King Priam, where fell 
at last our bravest. There warlike Ajax lies, and there 
Achilles. There too Patroklos, a peer of gods in counsel. 
There my own son, so strong and gallant, Antilochos, ex- 
ceeding swift of foot, a famous fighter. And many other 
woes we had, added to these. Where is the mortal man 
that could recount them all? Nay, though you tarried 


72 OAYSSEIAS I. 


»>Q? > / / . e , / 
ovd’ et wevtdetés ye Kal éEdeTes Tapapiuvov 115 
eEepéows boa KeiOt mabov Kaka dior ’Ayatol: 
mplv kev avinbels onv tatpida yaiav txovo. 
eivdetes yap obw KaKad patrtopev apudvérovTes 
mavToioiot Sodoot, poyis 8° étéreoce Kpoviwv. 
4 ? ” / n ¢ / BA 
év0’ ov Tis TOTE pATW OpmotwOnwevar avTHVY 120 
NOEer’, émrel para troddOv évixa Sios "Odvaceds 
mavtolowt SodoLol, TaTHp Teds, eb eTEdV YE 
/ 
Kelvou éxyovos éoow oéBas mw exer elcopowvTa, 
9 \ a / > / by / / 
) Tor yap pvOol ye éotxoTes, ovdE Ke Hains 
avdpa vewTepov wde eovxoTa pvOnocacbar. 125 
év0’ 4 Tot elws pev éyw Kal dios "Oducceds 
ovTe oT ev ayoph Six’ éBafomev ovr évi Bovdg, 
GX’ Eva Ovupov exovte vow Kab éridpove BovdF- 
U 79 / iva W 2- oe / 
ppaloucd’ “Apyeiouow bras by’ dpiota yévotTo. 
avtap éret IIpudpou modw Sverépoapev ainy, 130 
n ee / \ ee. MY ed] \ 
Pijpev & év viecot, Oeds 8 éxédaccev ’Ayaiods, 
/ 
kai ToTe 6n Zeds Avypov evi dpeot pHdSeTo voaTov 
? / > \ ” , »Q\ / 
Apyeiows, émet ov TL vormoves ovde Sixatot 
a 5S / 
TavTes Ecav' TO chewy Todees KaKoy olTov éméotroV 
pnvios €€ OAOHsS yAavKwTdos OSpimoTatpns, 135 
iT &pw ’Arpeldnor per audhotéporow Oke. 
b \ 
T® O€ Kadecoapévw ayophy és Tavtas "Axavods, 
4 
pay, arap ov KaTa Koopov, és HédLov KaTabwvTa, 
e 5 / a 
ot 5° HdOov olvm BeBapnores vies “Ayaar, 
BdOov pvOcicOnv, Tod civexa AadV cryeLpar. 14 
»” > © 
év0’ 7 Tot Mevéraos av@yer travtas ’Ayauovs 
/ lal 
vootov pipvnoKerbar em eipéa vata Oardaoons, 
\ Se , e 
ovo "Ayapéuvor taumav éjvdave BotbdeTo yap pa 
\ > / / 
Aaov Epukaxéewv, péEar O iepas éExaTouPas, 


THE ODYSSEY, IIL. 73 


five or six years here, asking what woes the great Achai- 
ans suffered, wearied ere I could tell, you would return to 
your own land. 

“ During nine years we plotted their destruction, assail- 
ing them with craft of every kind, and yet the son of 
Kronos hardly brought us through. There no man ever 
sought to vie with him in wisdom, for far beyond us all 
in craft of every kind was royal Odysseus, your father, — _ 
if indeed you are his child. Amazed am I to see! And 
yet, how like in speech! One would not say a younger 
man could speak so like him. There, all that while, royal 
Odysseus and I were never once at odds in the assembly 
or the council; but with one heart, with understanding, 
and with eager purpose, we planned how all might best 
be ordered for the Argives. 

“Yet after we overthrew the lofty city of Priam, when 
we went away in ships and God dispersed the Achaians, 
ah, then Zeus purposed in his mind a sad voyage for the 
Argives! For nowise heedful and upright were all. So, 
many a one came to an evil end, through the fell wrath 
of the dread father’s keen-eyed child, who caused a strife 
betwixt the two sons of Atreus. For these two summoned 
to an assembly all the Achaians, in haste, not in due order, 
at the setting sun, and heavy with wine the young Achai- 
ans came. ‘Then was declared the reason why they called 
the host together. Now Menelaos exhorted all the Achai- 
ans to turn their thoughts toward going home on the 
broad ocean-ridges; but this pleased Agamemnon not at 
all; for he sought to stay the host and to offer sacred hee- 


74. OAYSSEIAS I. 


@s tov ’AOnvains Sewov yorov éEaxécatto, 
VHTLOS, OVE TO HON, O Ov TelcecOar Ewedrev: 
ov yap T aia Ocdy TpéreTat voos aléyv éovTwv. 
Os TM wev YareTolow aperBopévw émréecow 
éxtacav* oi 8 avdpoveay évxvypides “Ayatot 
7X Oeorecin, Slya 5é cpiow Hvdave Bovd2}. 
viKta pev aécapev yarerra hpeciv oppyaivovtes 
anno él yap Zeds Hptve mihwa Kakoio* 
nave 5° ot pév véas Erxopev eis Ga Siav 
KTnpata T évtiOéuecOa Babutwvous te yuvaixas. 
npicees 8’ dpa aol épntvovTo pévoyTes 

av. map ’Arpeidn Ayapéuvort, tmrouuéve NaBV* 
nuicees 5° avaBavtes éXatvvopev: ai 5€ pan @ka 
erdeov, éotopecev Se Beds peyaxnrea TéovTov. 

és Tévedov 8’ édOovtes épéEapev ipa Ocoiow, 
olxade téwevors Zeds 8 od} ww pdeTto vocTor, 


/ ee eo + > \ 4 Ul 9 
oTXETALOS, OS Pp Eplw wWpae KaKnv Emi SevTEpoY adTis. 


ot pev atrootpéavtes EBay véas audieriocas 
> pe J a * 
app Odvoja dvaxta Saippova, rorkidopsrnp, 
5 Rie 5) 
avtis ém “Atpeiin ’Ayapyéuvovs ipa hépovtes: 
> \ b] \ \ \ > / ty, iva 
auTap éy@ avy vynvoly aodr€ow, ai pou ErovTo, 


a / 
pebyov, émel ylyywoxov 6 8) Kaxd pHdeto Salyer. 


peirye d€ Tud€os vids apyios, @poe §’ érailpous. 
Ore Sé 8% peta var kle EavOds Mevéraos, 

év AécBo 8 exvyev S0dyov mrdov épyatvoytas, 
 KaOvrepOe Xiovo veoiucOa traitanoéoons, 
vycouv ért WYupins, adtnv én’ apiorép ExYovTeEs, 
) vmévepOe Xiovo, wap’ jveysevta Miwavra. 
ytéowev S& Oedv ivat tépas: adtap & vy’ Hiv 
dcife, kal jvovyer wédrayos péoov eis EvBovav 


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THE ODYSSEY, III. 75 


atombs, that so he might appease the dread wrath of 
Athene, —ah, fool! who did not know she might not be 
persuaded ; but purposes are not lightly changed in gods 
who live forever. Thus the two stood exchanging bitter 
words, while up sprang other mailed Achaians in wild din, 
and different plans found favor. That night we rested, 
nursing in our breasts hard thoughts of one another. Zeus 
was preparing for us the curse that comes from wrong. 
At dawn we dragged our ships into the sacred sea, and 
put therein our goods and the low-girdled women. Half 
of the host held back, remaining with the son of Atreus, 
Agamemnon, the shepherd of the people, half went on 
board and sailed. Swiftly our ships ran on ; God smoothed 
the billowy deep. Arrived at Tenedos, we offered sacri- 
fices to the gods, as homeward bound; but Zeus deter- 
mined we should not yet reach our home,—cruel! to 
waken bitter strife a second time. Some turned their 
curved ships back and took their way after Odysseus, that - 
keen prince of varied wisdom, again to work the will of 
Agamemnon, son of Atreus. I, with the company of ships 
which followed me, pressed onward, for I knew some power 
intended ill. On pressed the warlike son of Tydeus, too, 
inspiriting his men. Later upon our track came light- 
haired Menelaos, and overtook us as at Lesbos we debated 
on the long sea voyage, doubtful if we should sail outside 
steep Chios, along the island Psyria, keeping it on our 
left, or inside Chios and past windy Mimas. We there- 
fore begged the god to show some sign, and he made plain 
our way, bidding us cut the centre of the sea straight for 
Eubeea, that so we might escape the sooner out of danger. 


76 OAYSSEIAS I. 


/ y” / ¢e \ f 4 
Téuvew, Obpa TayioTa UTeK KakOTHTA Piryouwper. 1% 
@pto 8 éml Auyds odpos ahpevare ai O€ par Ka 
iyOvoevta KédevOa Siédpapov, és 5€ Tepavorov 
> / / / \ 4 
évvvytat Katayovto’ Iloceddwu bé tavpwv 
/ ee Le poet / / / 
TONN el pip EOewev, TéAaYOS peya peTPHCAaVTES* 
/ i 4 i? «* 7 - a o/ 
TéTpaTov Hwap Env, OT é€v “Apyei vias élcas 180 
Tvdeidew Erapot Avoundeos tmmodapovo 
ioracay: avTap éyw ye IIvrovd’ éyov, odd5é wor éxRy 
ovpos, emer?) mpata Oeds mpoénxev anvat. 
as HAOov, pire téxvov, atrevOns, oddé TL oida 
kelvov, of tT écdwbev "Ayatav of tT amoXovTo. 185 
LA Py 3 Sk / / e / 
baca 8° évl peyadpowor KaOrpevos tyerépoict 
re! / > \ / > / / 
mevOopat,  Oéuis eat, Sajoeat, ovdE ce KEevo. 
ed pev Muppidovas pac’ érXOéwev eyxeoipmpous, . 
ods dy’ “AxidArAHos peyalipou paidipos vids, 
ev 5€ Diroxtyrnv, Tlowdvtvov ayraov viov. 190 
, SOY \ / > / ’ e / 
mavras 8 ’Idopeveds Kpnrnv etonyay éraipovs, 
<\ 4 > / / bé e yy I] > ’ 
of puryov éx modeuov, TrovTos O€ of ov TW’ amnuvpa. 
"Arpeldnv 5é Kal adtol akovete voodw éovtes, 
as T HAO’ ds Tt AiyicOos eunoato dAvypov GrEOpor. 
> ,’, * Qn \ > ” > / 
ANN 1 TOL KELWOS MEV ETTLOMVYEPWS ATTETLCEV* 195 
@s aya0ov Kai taida KkatapOipévoro ALTécOaL 
avépos, émel Kal Keivos éTicato TaTpopovia, 
AiyicOov Soropntw, 6 ot matépa KAvTOV ExTa. 
[xai od, didros, para yap o opdw Kadov Te péyay Te, 
adkyos eco’, va tis ce Kal ovuydver ed eimrn.| 200 
\ ’ 
Tov 8’ at Tnréuayos temvupévos avtiov nda‘ 
5 } a a 
‘@ Neotop Nyrniadn, péya Kxdd0s “Ayadr, 
kai inv Keivos pev éricato, Kal oi “Axatol 
oicovat KAéEos Evpd Kal éooopévoics TrubécOat. 


THE ODYSSEY, III. TT 


The whistling wind began to blow, and swiftly along their 
swarming courses sped our ships, and touched at night 
Geraistos; and to Poseidon did we offer many thighs of 
bulls, thankful that we had compassed the wide sea. It 
was the fourth day when the crews of Diomed the horse- 
man, son of Tydeus, moored their trim ships at Argos. I 
still held on toward Pylos, nor did the breeze once fall 
after the god first sent it forth to blow. 

“ And thus it was I came, dear child, bringing no ti- 
dings; nothing I know about the rest of the Achaians, 
who were saved and who were lost. But all that I have 
learned while sitting here at home, this, as is proper, you 
shall know; I will hide nothing from you. Safely, they 
say, returned the spearmen of the Myrmidons, whom the 
proud son of fierce Achilles led; safely, too, Philoktétes, 
the noble son of Poias; and back to Crete Idomeneus 
brought all his men, —all who escaped the war, the sea 
took nota man. About the son of Atreus you yourselves 
have heard, though you live far away, — how he returned, 
and how Aigisthos plotted his mournful death. Yet truly 
a fearful reckoning Aigisthos paid! When a man dies, 
how good it is to leave a son! For the son took ven- 
geance on the slayer, wily Aigisthos, who had slain his 
famous father. You too, my friend, — for of a truth I 
find you fair and tall, — be strong, that even men here- 
after born may speak your praise.” 

Then answered him discreet Telemachos: “ O Nestor, 
son of Neleus, great glory of the Achaians, stoutly that 
son took vengeance, and the Achaians shall spread his 


name afar, that the men yet to be shall hear it told. Oh, 
; | 


78 OAYSSEIAS I. 


ai yap éwol tooonvde Ocoi Sivauww tepiOeier, 205 
ticac0at pvnotinpas wTepBacins areyewns, 
of ré pot UBpllovtes atdcbara pnyavowrTa 
GAN ov pot ToLvodToY éméxAwoav Heol brABor, 
/ : Fe) “A A > / n \ \ / 4 5] 
mTatpl T €u@ Kai éwols viv Sé€ xpi TeTAdpev Eurrns. 
Tov 5° nyeiBer erecta Tepjvios immota Néotwp* 210 
c 5S I~ 9 > ‘ la) / > > / ” 
@ pir’, eel 5) TadTad p avéuynoas Kal éevtres, 
gacl pynotipas ais pntépos etvexa ToAXNovs 
éy peydpous, aéxnts oéBev, Kaka pnyavaacPar. 
> f Ae: ee. ¢ / 9 . ‘ 
elmé por Ne Exwv Uroddpvacat, } oé ye aol 
> / Pi oe \ a > A n 9 a 
éyOaipova’ ava Sipov, ériomopevor Ocod duh. 215 
tis 8° of6’ ef Ké troté ode Bilas atoticerat édOwr, 
A of a >\ x 4 ? / 
8 ye povvos ewv, ) Kal ctyravtes ’Ayatoi ; 
et yap o ws eBédou piréew yrAavKdTis “AOnry 
ws tot ‘Odvocnos mepixndeto Kvdadipo.o 
Sim &v. Tpoav, 601 twdcyouev adye ’Ayatol— 220 
ov yap mw idov mde Beodrs dvapavda diredvtas 
@s xeive avahavia traplictato IIadndas ’AOnvn — 
el o° ovtws €Oérou giréew KyjdorTd Te Ovpa, 
TO Kev Tis Kelvov ye Kal éxreAaOoLTO yapoto.’ 
Tov 8 ad Tyréuayos mwemvupévos avtiov nida* 225 
62 , x a 4 rE 0 7 
@ yépov, ov tw ToUTO érros TedeeTOaL oLw 
\ L 9 * 7 > »+ > A 2 
Ainv yap péya elmres: ayn pw exer. ovK av euol ye 
édrrouévm Ta yévort’, ovd’ ef Deol Bs ePédorev.’ 
Tov 8’ abdre mpocéetre Oca yAavKaris ’AOnvn: 
‘ Tnr<éuaye, Toidv oe eros huyev Epxos odovTav. 230 
peta Beds y eOérav Kal rnrAOev avipa cawcar. 
/ 
Bovroiwny 8’ av éyo ye Kal adyea ToAAA poynoas 
olxacdé 7 édXOéuevat Kal vooTimov Hap idécbat, 
H Mav arorécbar ébéorios, as ’Ayayéuvov 


THE ODYSSEY, III. 79 


that to me the gods would give such power that I might 
pay the suitors for their grievous wrongs, for they with 
insult work me abominations! But no such boon did the 
gods grant to my father and to me. Now, therefore, all 
must simply be endured.” 

Then answered him the Gerenian horseman Nestor: 
“ Friend, since you turn my thoughts to this by your own 
words, they say that many suitors of your mother, heed- 
less of you, work evil in your halls. Pray tell me, do you 
willingly submit, or are the people of your land oppos- 
ing you, led by some voice of God? Who knows but yet 
Odysseus may return and recompense their outrage, either 
alone, or all the Achaians with him? Ah, might keen- 
eyed Athene be pleased to be your friend, as once she 
aided great Odysseus, there in the Trojan land where we 
Achaians suffered! For I never knew the gods show 
forth such open friendship as Pallas Athene showed in 
standing by Odysseus. If now to you she would be such 
a friend, and heartily would aid you, it might be some of 
these men here would cease to think of marriage.” 

Then answered him discreet Telemachos: ‘ Ah sire, not 
soon, I think, will these words be fulfilled. Strongly you 
speak. I am astonished. Hope what I might, such things 
could never be, not if the gods should will them.” 

Then said to him the goddess, keen-eyed Athene: 
“Telemachos, what word has passed the barrier of your 
teeth? Easily may a god, who will, bring a man safe 
from far. But I myself would gladly meet a multitude 
of woes, if I might thus reach home and see my day of 
coming, and not come home and fall beside my hearth as 


80 _ OAYSSEIAS I. 


@re0’ br’ AiyicOo10 Sorw Kal Hs aroyor0. 

GAN 4 Tot Odvarov pév opoivov ovdé Deol Tep 

kar dito avdpi Sivavtar ahadkéuev, OT7TrOTE Kev 7 
potp’ oron KabéXnot Tavnreyéos Pavaro.o. 

Thv 8’ ab Tnréuaxos TemTvupevos avtiov nuda: 
‘Mévtop, pnére tradta AeyoueOa Kydopevol rep: 
kelvo 8’ obKérs voaTos érnTupos, GANA ot HON 
dpdccayt abavaro: Odvarov Kal Kijpa pédaway. 
vov 8’ é0édw eros GAXO peTarrhoar Kal épécOar 
Néotop’, érret mepiowde Sixas nde ppdvw addXov: 
tpls yap 8n ply dacw avakacOa yéve’ avdpar, 

@>s Té wot AOavatos ivdddreTaL eicopdacba.. 

® Néorop Nyrnidbn, od 8 adnOes éviores: 

mas éOav ’Atpeidns edpd Kpelwv ’Ayapéuvor ; 

mod Mevédaos env; tiva 8’ ait@ pjoat’ drOpov 
Airyicbos Sodountis, émel xTdve ToANOV Apel ; 

} ov “Apyeos ev “Ayauxod, GANA Ty GAA 
mwraler’ er’ avOpwrovs, 6 b¢ Oapojncas Katéredve ;’ 

Tov 8 npelBer érevra Tepivios immota Néotap: 
‘ Tovyap éya Tol, Téxvov, adnbéa Trav’ ayopeiow. 
7) Tor wev Tdde KavTOS dleat, OS Kev éTbYOn, 
et wort’ AiyicOov évl peydpovow éretpev 
’"Atpeldns Tpoinbev iwv, Sav0ds Mevédaos: 

TO KE of OSE Oavovts yxuTi él yaiav exevar, 
GAN dpa Tov ye Kives Te Kal oiwvol KaTédavav 
kelwevov év medi éExas AoTEos, OvdE KE Tis pL 
Kraboev ’Ayauddov: pada yap péya pynoato épyov. 
Hels pev yap KeiOc mrodéas TedovTes aéOXous 
hucO’* 0 8 edundos puy@ “Apyeos imoorovo 
MOAN 'Ayapueuvovény addoyov Oédyeck’ érréecow. 


THE ODYSSEY, III. 81 


Agamemnon fell, under the plottings of his own wife 
and Aigisthos. Yet death, the common lot, gods have 
no power to turn even from one they love, when the fell 
doom of death that lays men low once seizes him.” 

Then answered her discreet Telemachos: “ Ah, Mentor, 
let us talk of this no more, sorrowful as we are. For him 
a true return can never be; but long ago the immortals 
fixed his death and his dark doom. Now I would trace a 
different tale, and question Nestor, since beyond all men 
else he knows the right way and the wise. Thrice has 
he ruled, they say, the generations of mankind, and as I 
look on him he seems like an immortal. O Nestor, son of 
Neleus, tell the truth! How died the son of Atreus, wide- 
ruling Agamemnon? And where was Menelaos? What 
was the deadly plot wily Aigisthos laid to kill a man much 
braver than himself? Was Menelaos gone from Achaian 
Argos, traveling to men afar, that so Aigisthos, taking 
courage, did the murder ?” 

Then answered him the Gerenian horseman Nestor: 
“ Verily, I will tell you all the truth, my child. Indeed, 
you guess yourself how it had fallen out if Aigisthos had 
been found alive within the palace by the son of Atreus, 
light-haired Menelaos, as he returned from Troy. Then 
for Aigisthos, even when dead, they would have heaped no 
mound of earth, but dogs and birds had feasted on him 
where he lay upon the plain outside the city, and no Achai- 
an woman had made lament for him; for surely it was a 
monstrous deed he wrought. At Troy we tarried, bring- 
ing to their issue many toils, while he, at ease hidden in 
grazing Argos, strove many times to win the wife of Aga- 


82 OAYSSEIAS I. 


8 % Tow TO Tplv pev avalveTo Epyov deiKés, 
Sia Krvtauvnotpn: ppeol yap Kéxpnt ayabjot. 


map 5° ap énv Kal dowdos avnp, @ TOAN éméTEArev 


"Arpeldns Tpoinvde xiwv eipvobat aout. 
GAN ote by pv potpa Ocdy érrédnoe Saphvat, 
\ , \ \ > \ Ey b a TS A 
83) ToTe Tov pev doLdov aywy és vijcov éprynv 
/ > a . \ / / 
KaddTev oiwvotcw Ewp Kal Kipya yevécOa, 
thv 5° €Oérwv eéroveav avyyayev Gvde Sopovec. 
mora Sé pnpi’ exne Oewy lepois eri Bwpois, 
morrd 8° ayddpat avippev, bpdopatd Te ypvaodv 
> / / 7 A 7 >: ~ 
éxTeNeoas péya Epyov, 0 ov Tote éAmeTO Oupo. 
¢ n \ \ Sc rE T / a hed 
Hpeis pev yap aya wrA€opev Tpolnbev iovtes, 
"Atpeldns Kal eyo, pira eiddtes GdAHAOLCW* 
GXN Ste Dovviov ipov adixoped’ axpov ’AOnvéwr, 
év0a xuBepyntnv Meverdov PoiBos *Atro\Nwv 
> i. / > / / 
ols ayavois Bedécoow érrovyomevos KaTétredve, 
/ \ \ 7 \ 4 
mTnodrov peta yepal Yeovans vynos éxovTa, 
Ppovtiw "Ovntopisynyv, os éxaivvto dN avOpatrev 
n a ¢ 
vna xuBepvical, oToTe omépyovey deddat. 
c A by4 / bl > ¢ ' € a 
&s o pev &vOa KatéoyeT, errevyopevos Tep odoto, 
yy 9 er. / \ : ea. / / 
dbp erapov Oamror Kal él KTépea KTEpiceter. 
GAN’ bre 8) Kal Kelvos, iwy él olvoTa TovToV 
év vnvol yraduphot, Mareidwv bpos aimv 
/ / \ Al ea\ > 4 \ 
i&e Oéwv, tore 8) oTvyepiyv oddv evpvoTa Zevs 
b] / / eri J La : ee > / fa) 
éppacato, A\uyéwv 5° avéwav é auTpeva yeve 
iA / / / Ld ” 
KUpaTa Te Tpopdevta TeAwpla, ica Opecow. 
év0a Siatuntas Tas pev Kpnrn érédaccer, 
hye Kvdwves évasov "Iapddvov adi péeOpa. 
gore S€ Tis ALoon aiTreid Te els GNa TETPN 
b] a / > > / , 
éoyatin Toptuvos, év jepoewdés trove, , 


TE, 


270 


THE ODYSSEY, III. 83 


memnon by his words. At first, indeed, she scorned ill- 
doing, this royal Klytaimnestra, for she was of honorable 
mind. Moreover, a bard was with her whom the son of 
Atreus strictly charged, on setting forth for Troy, to guard 
his wife. But when at last the doom of gods constrained 
her to her ruin, then did Aigisthos take the bard to a lone 
island, and leave him there to be the prey and spoil of 
birds, while her, as willing as himself, he led to his own 
home. And many a thigh-piece did he burn upon the 
sacred altars of the gods, and many an offering render, 
woven stuffs and gold, at having achieved such monstrous 
deed as in his heart he had not hoped. Now as we came 
from Troy, the son of Atreus and myself set sail together 
full of loving thoughts; but when we were approaching 
sacred Sunion, a cape of Athens, Phoibos Apollo slew the 
helmsman of Menelaos, smiting him with his gentle shafts 
as he still held the rudder of the running ship within his 
hands. Phrontis it was, Onétor’s son, one who surpassed 
all humankind in piloting a ship when storms are wild. 
Thus Menelaos tarried, though eager for his journey, to 
bury his companion and to pay the funeral rites. But 
when he also, sailing in his hollow ships over the wine- 
dark sea, reached in his course the steep height of Maleia, 
then did far-seeing Zeus appoint for him a. grievous way. 
He poured forth blasts of whistling winds and swollen 
waves, — enormous, huge as hills. Dividing the ships, 
he brought a part to Crete, where the Kydonians dwelt 
around the streams of Iardanos. Here is a cliff, smooth 
and steep toward the water, at the border land of Gortyn, 
on the misty sea, where the south wind drives in the heavy 


84 OAYSZEIAS IT. 


, / a \ \ ec; bd aA 
év0a Noros péya xidpa tot coxa ploy wel, 
> \ \ \ / / a 3% b] / 
és Daiorov, pixpos Sé AiBos péya Kip’ atroépyet. 
ai pev dp v0’ rOov, otrovdyn 8° HAvEav ddcOpov 
A ‘ , ae af \ / »” 
dvdpes, aTap vias ye ToTl omindbecow éakay 
KUpaT* atap Tas TévTe véas KvavoTTpwpelous 
Aiyitt érédacce pépwy aveuos te Kal bdwp. 
¢ e \ »” \ / \ > / 
@s 0 pev évOa rodvy Biotov Kal ypvody ayelpov 
nrato Evy vnvol Kat addoOpdovs avOpwrrovs: 
Toppa 5é tavt AiyicOos eunoato oixoOt Avypa* 
€ / Pp 4 / 
érraetes 5° Hvacce todvyptcoto Muxnyns 
krelvas "Atpeidny, Séunto é rads br’ adTo. 

al / eae / \ BA a ’ / 

T® 5é of dySodtm KaKov HrAVOEe dios ’Opéorns 

> 29 / \ > 2 fol 
ayy am’ *AOnvawv, cata 8 éxtave twatpodpovija, 
AiryicOov Sorountiv, 6 of matépa KrvTOV éxTa. 

% Tou Tov Ktelvas Salvy tadov ’Apryeiours 

Ul fo! \ > / PE 
PNTpos Te aTuyepns Kal avddrKido0s Alyicbou0° 
avtiuap Sé of HAOe Bonv ayaos Mevédaos, 

\ / >, ce e / x EA 
TOAAa KTHWAT aywv, boa ol vées axYOos deipar. 
Kal ov, didros, pn 80a Souwv ato THN adddna0, 
KTHpAaTa Te TpodTaV avdpas T €v coicr Soporow 
ovT@ wuTepdiddovs, pw ToL KaTa TavTa paywou 

/ e \ 4 
KTnpata Sacodpevot, ov Sé THvainv oddv EdOns. 
Grn és wev Mevéraov eyo Kédouat Kal avwya 
éXOeiv: Kelvos yap véov adAobev eidnrovber, 
> lal > / iA > »/- / n 
éx tav avOpwrrav bev obK EdtrovTO ye Oup@ 
€XOéwev, bv TWA TPATOV aTocdydwow dedraL 
> / Va al ce / xO? > 
és méXayos péya Tolov, GOev Té ep ovd' oiwvol 
avToeTes oiyvetow, érrel péya Te Sewov Te. 
GXN 101 viv otv vn te of Kal cols éTadpoiow* 

7 

et 8° éOéXexs melds, mapa Tor Sidpos te Kal trot, 


810 


THE ODYSSEY, III. 85 


waves on the left point toward Phaistos, and this small 
rock holds back the heavy waves. Some came in here, 
and the men themselves hardly escaped destruction ; their 
ships the waves crushed on the ledges. But the five other 
dark-bowed ships wind and wave bore to Egypt. So 
Menelaos gathered there much substance and much gold, 
coasting about on ship-board to men of alien speech; and 
all this time at home Aigisthos foully plotted. Seven 
years he reigned in rich Mykené after slaying the son of 
Atreus. The people were held down. But in the eighth 
ill came, for royal Orestes came from Athens and slew the 
slayer, wily Aigisthos, who had slain his famous father. 
The slaughter done, he held a funeral banquet for the 
Argives, over his hateful mother and spiritless Aigisthos, 
and on that self-same day came Menelaos, good at the war- 
ery, bringing a store of treasure, all the freight his ships 
could bear. 

“You too, dear friend, wander not long and far from 
home, leaving behind you wealth, and persons in your 
house so insolent as these, or they may swallow all your 
wealth, sharing it with each other, while you be gone 
yourself upon a fruitless journey. And yet, I say, go visit 
Menelaos. Indeed, I bid you go; for he is newly come from 
foreign lands and from those nations whence one could 
not in his heart expect to come, when the storms once had 
swept him off into so vast a sea, —a sea from which birds 
travel not within a year, so vast it is and fearful. Gothen 
at once with your own ship and crew, or, if you like, by 
land; chariot and horses are ready for you, and ready, too, 


86 OAYSSEIAS I. 


map Sé€ Tou vies euol, of Tor mommies EcovTat 

és Aaxedaiuova Siav, 60. EavOds Mevédaos. 
MoacecOat Sé puv avTos, wa vnweptés evict. 
apeddos 8’ ok épéerr dra yap Temvupevos éotiv.’ 

“Qs épar’, néduos 8’ dp’ du Kal emi Kvédas HrOe. 
Totot 5é€ Kal peréertre Oecd yAavKwTis ’AOnvn: 

«72 yépov, } Tot TadTa KaTad poipay KatédcEas* 
GN aye Tapvete pev yAoooas, Kepdacbe Sé oivor, 
ddpa IIocevddwv Kai adrdows abavaroior 
omeicavtes KolTolo pedmpeOa*s Toio yap pn. 
ndn yap pdos olxeb’ bd Codov, od5é oixe 
5n0a Oedv év Saitt Oaaccduev, GAA véeoOau,’ 

°H fa Ads Ovyadrnp, tol 8’ Exrvov addnodons. 
Tolar 5€ Kynpukes pev Vdwp éeml yelpas exevar, 
Kovpot S€ KpnThpas émectéypavto TroToto, 
vounoayv 5 apa waow érrapEauevor SeTrdecot: 


830 


840 


yrAoooas 5. év mupt BadrAov, avictdpevor 8’ érréderBov. 


avtTap émel omeicdy Tt émvov 0’ bcov HOEre Ovpos, 
53 ToT “A@nvain Kal Tyréuayos Oeoerdis 

dudw técOnv Koirnv érl via véecBat. 

Néctwp 8’ ad Kkatépuxe kabarropevos érécooe 
‘Zevs TO y areEnoete Kal aOavatot Oeol adXoL, 
@s vuels map éueto Sony emi via KiovTe 

@s Té Tev 7) Tapa wdaptray dvelpovos He Teviypod, 
@ ov TL yAaivat Kal pryea TOAN evi olka, 

OUT avT@ parakds ove Ecivorcw évevdeu. 

avTap éwol mapa pev xAaivar Kal pyyea Kard. 
ov Onv 8H Todd’ avdpos "Odveacjos diros vids 
vnos én ixpiopw Kataréketas, dbp av eyo ye 


THE ODYSSEY, III. 87 


my sons to be your guides to sacred Lakedaimon, where 
lives light-haired Menelaos. Beg him yourself to tell the 
very truth. Falsehood he will not speak; truly upright 
is he.” 

As he thus spoke the sun went down and darkness 
came, and the goddess, keen-eyed Athene, said to them: 

“Sire, surely these words of yours are fitly spoken. But 
come, cut up the tongues and mix the wine, that after we - 
have poured libations to Poseidon and the rest of the im- 
mortals we then may seek our rest, since it is time for 
that. For now the light has passed into the west, and it 
is not becoming to tarry long at the gods’ feast; rather to 
rise and go.” ; 

So spoke the daughter of Zeus; and they hearkened to 
her saying. Pages poured water on their hands; young 
men brimmed bowls with drink and served to all, with a 
first pious portion for the cup; they themselves threw the 
tongues into the flame, and, rising, poured libations. So 
after they had poured and drunk as their hearts wished, 
then would Athene and godlike Telemachos set off to- 
gether for their hollow ship. But Nestor checked them 
and rebuked them, saying : ) 

“Zeus and the rest of the immortal gods forbid that 
you should leave my house and turn to the swift ship! 
As if I were a man quite without clothes and poor, a man 
who had not robes and rugs enough at home for him- 
self and friends to sleep in comfort! But at my house 
are beautiful robes and rugs. And never, surely, shall 
the son of this Odysseus lie on ship’s deck while I am 


88 OAYSSEIAS I. 


, 4 \ cal } ee / / 
Cow, érevta Sé traides evi peyapoioe AitrwvTat, 

/ / iid / 2 \ / > © > 
Ecivous Eewifew, Os Tis K eua Sopal’ ixnrar. 

Tov & aire mpocéeitre Oca yAavxatis ’AOnvn: 
‘ed 61 TadTa y Ednaba, yépov pire col bé Eo.xe 
Tnréuaxyov meOcoOa, émel mov KddAOV OUTS. 
GAN’ ovTos pev vuv cou ap’ Eyeras, Oppa Kev eddy 
coicw évi peydpotow: éym 5° él via pédawvay 
> » ~ / 7 oe / yy v4 
elu’, iva Oapovvw O° éEtdpous elw Te ExacTa. 
olos yap peTa Toll yepattepos evyowat elvas: 
ot 8 addoe PidornTe vewTepor avdpes ErrovTat, 

/ e / / / 
mTavres oundmuxKin peyabipov Tyreudyouo. 
évOa Ke dreEaivnv Koirn Tapa vni peraivyn 

a : BR ia) \ / 7 
vov' atap n@0ev peta Kavcwvas peyabdpous 

> > 7 ni J / ” / 
el’, Ev0a ypeids por OféAXrEeTaL, OU TL vEoV Ye, 
>? 3 / \ \ lo) > \ \ vA a 
ovd' oAlyov: ov dé TovTOV, émrel Teov ikeTo SHpma, 

e 

méprpov ovv Sidpm te Kal view dds Sé of tarous, 
7 / 
of tor éhadpotator Belew Kal KapTtos apicrou.’ 

ray / > an 

Qs dpa dwvncac’ amréBn yrAavearis “AOnvyn 

/ > A 
dnvn edouevn: OapBos 8’ &re mavtas idovtas, 

e a 

Oaipaler 8’ 0 ryepatds, bras idev dbOarpoicr: 


870 


Tnreudyou 8’ de yeipa, eros 1’ ehar’ & 7 dvomatev: 


1 / , \ 
°° piros, od oe Eordrra Kaxov Kal avarkw ecco Oat, 


>] / e n 
et 5 Tot vew wde Deol mommies ErrovTat. 


ov pev yap tis 80’ addXos ’Oddurria Soar’ éxovTor, 


> \ 

Ga Atos Ovyarnp, ayedein TprToyEevera, 

e 

) ToL Kat Twatép’ éoOdov ev ’Apyeloiow éripa. 

> A 

Gra, dvaco’, trAnO, Simbu Sé por KrE0s ec OAOr, 
> a \ / \ > / / 

avT® Kal Taideoot Kal aidoin Tapaxoitt: 
\ , 9S \ 

gol 8’ ad éyw péEw Body fww ebpupérwror, 

> / 

adunrnv, tv od two brd Cuyov iyayev avyp* 


876 


THE ODYSSEY, III. 89 


living, or while thereafter sons remain within my halls to 
entertain such guests as visit house of mine.” 

Then said to him the goddess, keen-eyed Athene : 
“Well have you said in this, kind sir, and good it were 
Telemachos should heed, for it is far more seemly so. 
Nay, he shall now attend you and sleep within your halls. 
But as for me, I go to the black ship to cheer my men and 
tell their several duties, for I alone can call myself their 
elder; the others follow me out of friendship, younger 
men, all of the age of bold Telemachos. There would I 
lay me down by the black hollow ship to-night; but in 
the morning I will go to the bold Kaukonians, where there 
are debts now due me, not. recent ones nor small. For him, 
now he has come to you, send him upon his way by chariot 
with your son, and give him horses that have swiftest 
speed and best endurance.” 

Saying this, keen-eyed Athene passed away, in likeness 
of an osprey. -Awe fell on all beholders. The old man 
marveled as he gazed, grasped by the hand Telemachos, 
and said as he addressed him : 

“ Dear friend, you will not prove, I think, a base man, 
lacking spirit, if when so young the gods become your 
guides; for this is none else of those who have their dwell- 
ing on Olympos than the daughter of Zeus, she who col- 
lects the spoil, Tritogeneia, who honored your good father 
too amongst the Argives. Ah, queen, be gracious, and 
vouchsafe me fair renown, —me and my children and my 
honored wife, —and I will give to thee a glossy heifer, 
broad of brow, unbroken, one no man ever brought be- 


90 OAYSSEIAS Tf. 


THY Tor éym péeEw ypvoov Képacw Teptiyevas. 
“Ds par’ edyopuevos, tod 8° xrve IIadras ’AOnvy. 38 
a > ¢e / , e / U 
toiow 8’ Hyewoveve Tepyvios immota Néotap, 
es \ a e \ 4 4 
vidot Kal yauBpoiow, éa pds Sopmata Kanda. 
GX’ Ste Samual’ tkovto ayaxAvTa Tolo avaKTos, 
e , iid \ 4 / 
é£eins ECovto Kata KrALopovs Te Opdvous Te, 
tois 8’ 0 yépwv éXodow ava KpnTipa Képaccev 890 
olvov nduToToLo, Tov évdeKdT@ éviavTO 
aeev Tauin Kal amo Kpyndemvoy édvae* 
Tov 0 Yépwv KpNTHpa Kepdooato, OANA 8” "AOnvy 
evyeT atrooTévowy, Kovpn Atos aiyioyouo. 
Aitap érel omeiody 7 eridv 0’ Scov HOerXe Ovpds, 39% 
e \ / 4 ee 4 ¢ 
ot pev Kakxelovtes EBay olxovde ExacTos, 
\ > 9 lal / , c , , 
tov 8’ avtod Kkolunoe Tepyjvios immota Néotwp, . 
Tnréuaxov, pirov viv ’Odvacjos Oeiovo, 
Eyer t the > , ) /, 
TpnTois &v Nexeeoow, UT’ aidoton épidovTo, 
\ 5’ vw 9 > / II. / bd > 8 fal 
map 0 ap’ évppedinv Ilacictpatrov, dpyayov avopar, 
v4 e wv 3 +/ / 5 > / 
ds ot é7 HiOc0s Traid@v Hv év beyapotow. 401 
avtos 8° adte Kabevde pvy@ Sopov irpnXroio, 
n ? BA / / ‘ A > / 
T@ 8’ Groxos Sécrrowa héyos Topovve Kai evvyy. 
*"Hyos 8 hpiyéverca havn posoddxturos ’Hos, 
@pvut ap’ €& ervnds Tepijvios immota Néotwp, 406 
éx 8’ €\av kar’ ap’ Eler’ emi Ecoroict AOoucw, 
of ot €cav tpotdpoile Ovpdwv inpndrdeov 
Nevkol, atrooTiABovtes adeihatos: ols emt pev pw 
Nyr<«vs eonxev, Ocodiy pnotwp arddavtos* 
e ” 
Gar’ o pev On Knpl Sapels “Aiddacde BeBrnet. 410 
Néotwp ad ror’ épite Tepyvios, odpos “Ayaan, 
oKim@Tpov éxywv. tept 8’ vies aodr€es HryepéOovTo 
éx Oardpuov édOovtes, ’Exéppwv te Stpatios Te 


THE ODYSSEY, III. 91 


neath the yoke. Her I will give, tipping her horns with 
gold.” 

So spoke he in his prayer, and Pallas Athene heard 
him. Then the Gerenian horseman Nestor led sons and 
sons-in-law to his fair palace. And when they reached 
. the far-famed palace of the king, they took their seats in 
order on couches and on chairs; and the old man mixed 
at their coming a vessel of sweet wine, which, now eleven © 
years old, the housewife opened, loosening the lid. A 
bowl of this the old man mixed, and fervently he prayed, 
pouring libation to Athene, daughter of egis-bearing Zeus. 

Then after they had poured and drunk as their hearts 
wished, desiring rest, each man departed homeward; but 
in the house itself the Gerenian horseman Nestor gave to 
Telemachos a bed — him, the dear son of royal Odysseus — 
upon a corded bedstead beneath the echoing portico. By 
him he placed Peisistratos, that sturdy spearman, one ever 
foremost, he who was still the bachelor among the sons at 
home. But Nestor slept in the recess of the high hall, his 
wife the Queen making her bed beside him. 

Now when the early rosy-fingered Dawn appeared, the 
Gerenian horseman Nestor rose from bed, and coming 
forth sat down on the smooth stones which stood before 
his lofty gate, white, glistening as with oil. On them 
in former days Neleus was wont to sit, a peer of gods in 
wisdom ; but long ago he met his doom and went to the 
house of Hades, and now Gerenian Nestor sat thereon, as 
warder of the Achaians, holding the sceptre. Round him 
his sons collected in a group, on coming from their cham- 
bers, — Echephron and Stratios, Perseus, Arétos, and gal- 


92 OAYSSEIAS Tf. 


Tlepoets 7 “Apntos te Kat dvtiBcos Opacvpnons. 
roto. 8° éréiO’ &xros Ileuciatpatos HAvOev Hpws, 415 
rap & dpa Tnrtuayov Oeoeixehov elcav ayovtes. 
toto S¢ piOav Apye Tepivuos immota Néorap: 
/ 
‘ Kaprranriues pou, téxva ira, Kpnivat dup, 
dbp’ } To mpwticta Oedy idkaooop ’AOjvny, 
h pot évapyns AO Ocod és Saita Oddevav. 420 
GX’ ay O wey Tediovd’ eri Bodv ito, Sdpa TaxLoTa 
ENOnow, éraon Sé Body émuBovKdros avijp* 
els 8’ érl Tyreuadxyou peyabimou via pédatvav 
/ >\ e 4 > / / \ 47> yy 
mTdvTas tov ETadpous ayéTo, ALTrETM SE SV’ oOiovS* 
els 0’ ad xpvcoyoov Aaégpkea Sedpo Kedécbw 425 
éXOeiv, Sppa Bods ypvodv Képacw Tepixevy. 
of 5’ ddXou péveT avTod aodrées, elzate 8’ cicw 
Suonow kata Sopat ayaxdhuTa daita révec Oat, 
&Spas te Evia 7 aydhl Kal aydaov oicéuev Vdwp.’ 
“Ds pad’, ot 8’ dpa mavtes érroimvvov. HAVE wéev ap 
Bods 430 
éx Tediov, MAGov Sé Ooms Tapa vnos éions 
Tnreudayou étapot peyadyropos, HAVe Sé yadKevs 
Str év Yepow éxov yarknia, welpata TéxVNS, 
dxpova te opdpdy T evTrointoy Te Tupaypny, 
olciv te ypucov eipyafero: Oe 8’ "AOnvn 435 
ec wa b] / / ] e / / 
ip@v avTiwwca. yépwov 6’ immnddta Néotwp 
\ »” e >» \ / / 
xpucov edwy* o 5 érevta Boos Képacw Trepiyevev 
> / > \ / > a 
acknoas, iv’ ayarkpa Gea Kexdpoito idodca. 
Botv 8’ ayérnv xepawy Stpatios Kali dios “Eyédpov. 
xépuiBa &é of “Aptos év avOeuoevte EBnTE 440 
Hrvbev éx Oaraporo pépwv, étépyn 8” éyev ovdas 
> , , \ / / 
év Kavéw* médexuy S€ peveTrToOAE“os Opacupdns 


THE ODYSSEY, HI. 93 


lant Thrasymédes, and sixth and last came lord Peisistra- 
tos. Then they led forward princely Telemachos, and set 
him by their side, and thus began the Gerenian horseman 
Nestor : 

* Hasten, dear children, and fulfil my vow; that first 
of all the gods I satisfy Athene, who came to me in open » 
presence at the gods’ rich feast. Nay, now, let one go for 
a heifer to the field, that she may come at once, and let the . 
neat-herd drive her up. One go to the black ship of bold 
Telemachos, and bring here all his crew. Leave only two. 
Let one again order the smith Laérkes hither, to tip with 
gold the heifer’s horns. Let the rest stay here together. 
But tell the maids within to spread a feast throughout our 
famous palace, to fetch some seats, some logs of wood, and 
some fresh water.” 

He spoke ; away went all in breathless haste. And now 
there came the heifer from the field; there came from the 
swift balanced ship the crew of brave Telemachos; there 
came the smith, with his smith’s tools in hand, his imple- 
ments of art, anvil and: hammer and the shapely tongs, 
with which he works the gold; there came Athene, too, to 
meet the sacrifice. Then the old horseman Nestor fur- 
nished gold, and so that other welded it round the heifer’s 
horns, smoothing it till the goddess might be pleased to 
view the offering. Now by the horns Stratios and noble 
Echephron led up the heifer; Arétos brought lustral water 
in a flowered basin from the store-room, and in his other 
hand held barley in a basket; and dauntless Thrasymédes, 
a sharp axe in his hand, stood by to fell the heifer, while 


Perseus held the blood- bowl. Then the old horseman 
8 


94. OAYSSEIAS Tf. 


ofty éywv év yeipl tapiotato, Body émixdypov. 
IIepceds 8’ dpuviov ciyes yépwv 8 immndata Néotwp 
xepuiBa Tt ovrAoxUTas Te KaTHpXETO, TOAAA 6’ ’AOnvy 446 
evyeT aTrapxopevos, Kepadis tpixas év Tupi Badrov. 

Aitap érel p’ evéavto Kal ovAoyvTas tpoBdaXorTo, 

p 

> , / e\ ¢ / 0 (3) a) 
autixa Néotopos vids, trépOvpos Opacvupnéins, 
Hracev ayys otds* médexus 8 améxowe TévovTas 
avyevious, AOcev 5é Boos pévos: ai 5’ ddoAvEav 450 
Ouyatépes Te vuol Te Kal aidoin TapaKoiTis — 
Néctopos, Evpudixn, tpéoBa Krvpévoro Ovyatpav. 

e \ ” > > , b] \ \ > / 
ol pev ErretT avedovTes amo yOovos evpvodeins 
éxyov atap opakev Ilevciotpatos, dpyapuos avdpav. 
Ths 0’ émel éx pédav aiwa pin, Altre 8’ datéa Ovpos, 486 
ai’ dpa pw Siéyevav, adap 8’ éx pnpla Ttapvov 
TdvTa KaTa polpay, KaTad Te Kvion éxddvpav 
Simtuya Toimoavtes, em’ adtav 8’ apobérncar. 

n - ¢ 
Kate 8’ él oyifns o yépwv, eri 8’ aifora oivov 
NeiBe* véow dé trap’ adrov éyov Teuta@Bora yepoiv. 460 
avuTap érel Kata php éxdn Kal omddyyv’ érdcarTo, 
pistudrov T dpa Tada Kal aud’ dBeroiow Eerreipay, 
BA ee , > \ > \ 4 
artav 5° axpotopovs dBedods év yepalyv eyorTes. 

Toppa b¢ Tnrépayov Nodcev car IIodvKaorn, 
Nécropos ordotatn Ovyatnp Nyrnidédao. 465° 
avtap érel dodoéy Te Kal éxypicey Ait’ rai, 
api Sé piv hapos Karov Badev 7dé yiTdva, 
4 ey) > A / > / e ” 
éx p’ acapivOov BH Séwas a0avarocw opoios* 

\ 
map 5 68 ye Néotop’ iwv kat’ ap’ kero, Toméva ANawv. 

Oi &’ érel Orrncav Kpé’ bréptepa Kal épvcavTo, 470 

/ 
SaivuvO’ élouevors émt 8’ dvépes écOdol Spovro 


> an 
olvov oivoxoedvtes évl ypucéois Semdecow. 


THE ODYSSEY, III. 95 


Nestor began the opening rites, of washing hands and 
sprinkling meal. And fervently he prayed Athene at be- 
ginning, casting the forelocks in the fire. 

So after they had prayed and strewn the barley-meal, 
forthwith the son of Nestor, ardent Thrasymédes, drew 
near and dealt the blow. The axe cut through the cords 
of the neck and broke the heifer’s power. A cry went up 
from the daughters of Nestor, the sons’ wives, and his own. 
honored wife, Eurydiké, the eldest of the daughters of 
Klymenos. The sons then raised the beast up from the 
trodden earth and held her so, the while Peisistratos, ever 
the foremost, cut the throat. And after the black blood 
had flowed and life had left the carcase, they straightway 
laid it open, quickly cut out the thighs, all in due order, 
wrapped them in fat in double layers, and placed raw flesh 
thereon. On billets of wood the old man burned them, 
and over all poured out the sparkling wine, while young 
men by his side held five-pronged spits. So after the 
thighs were burned and the inward parts were tasted, they 
sliced the rest, and stuck the bits on spits and roasted all, 
holding the pointed spits in hand. 

Meanwhile to Telemachos fair Polykasté gave a bath, 
she who was youngest daughter of Nestor, son of Neleus. 
And after she had given the bath and had anointed him 
with oil, and put upon him a beautiful robe and tunic, 
forth from the bath he came, in bearing like the immortals, 
and he went and sat by Nestor, the shepherd of the people. 

The others, too, when they had roasted the outer flesh 
and drawn it off, sat down and fell to feasting. Men of 
degree attended them, pouring the wine into their golden 


96 OAYSSEIAS fF. 


avtap émel moatos Kal edntios é& epov évTo, 
a \ 4 > / e / , 
toiot d€ pvOwv hpyxe Tepnvios iota Néotwp: 
‘ Ilaides eyo, aye, Tnreudyp Kadditpiyas tamovs ‘4% 
/ Q’ e 2 -&# > + oY / id ee 
CevEal’ vd’ appar’ ayovtes, a mpjcoynow ddoio. 
“Ds pad’, oi 8’ dpa tod para pev KrLbov 78’ éribovto, 
kaptraripws 8’ élevEav bh dppacw oxéas ftamovs. 
év 5€ yuri) tauln oitov Kal oivov &Onxev 
bya te, ola EdSovcr Siotpedhées Bacidrges. 480 
dy 8’ dpa Tnrépayos tepixarréa Biceto Sidpor: 
map 8’ dpa Neoropidns Ilewciotpatos, dpyapos avdpav, 
és Sidpov 7 avéBawe kal jvia rAdero yepol, 
pactiéev 5’ éXaav, tw 8’ ovK aéxovTe TeTéETOny 
és medlov, Autréernv Sé ITbXov aimd mrorleOpov. 485 
€ a\ , a \ > ALY, 
ot S€ mavnpépior ociov Suyov audis eyovres. 
, Vibe ase e r , a > t 
Acero 17 HédLos cKLOwYTO Te TAGAL ayuLal* 
és Pnpas 8” txovto AtoxArAhos trot) Sapa, 
viéos ’Opoiroyoto, Tov ’AAdevds Téxe aida. 
évOa Sé vinr’ deoav, 0 Sé Tots map Ecivia Ojxev. 490 
"Hyos 8’ npiyéverca havn pododaxrvdos ’Has, 
larmrous 7’ élevyvuvt ava 0 dpyata TouinN’ éBacvov- 
[ex 8’ &racav rpobdpo.o Kai aiPotans épidovrrov: | 
paotieev 8’ éhaav, tw 8’ od« aéxovte TeTéEcOnv. 
lEov 8’ és trediov trupndéopov, évOa 8’ érevta 495 
jvov oddv* Tolov yap bréxhepov @xKées larmot. 
Sicetd 7 Hédos GKLOWYTO Te TAacaL ayuLal. 


THE ODYSSEY, III. 97 


cups. So after they had stayed desire for drink and food, 
then thus began the Gerenian horseman Nestor: “Sons, 
go and yoke the long-maned horses for Telemachos, and 
harness them to the car, that he may make his journey.” 

Even so he spoke, and very willingly they heeded and 
obeyed. Quickly they harnessed the swift horses to the 
car. The housewife also putin bread and wine and dain- 
ties, such things as heaven-descended princes eat. And 
now Telemachos mounted the goodly chariot, and Nestor’s 
son Peisistratos, ever the foremost, mounted the chariot 
with him, and took the reins in hand. He cracked the 
whip to start, and not unwillingly the pair flew off into 
the plain, left the steep hold of Pylos, and all day long 
they rattled the yoke they bore between them. 

Now the sun sank and all the ways grew dark, and the 
men arrived at Pherai, before the house of Diokles, the 
son of Orsilochos, whose father was Alpheios. There for 
the night they rested; he gave them entertainment. 

Then, as the early rosy-fingered Dawn appeared, they 
harnessed the horses, mounted the bright chariot, and off 
they drove from porch and echoing portico. They cracked 
the whip to start, and not unwillingly the pair flew off. 
So into the plain they came where grew the grain; and 
through this, by and by, they reached their journey’s end- 
ing. So their swift horses sped them. Then the sun sank 
and all the ways grew dark. 


OAYSSEIAS A. 
Ta & Aaxcdalpov. 


Oi & tEov Koihnv Aaxedaipova xntweccar, 
mpos 6° dpa Sepat édkwv Meveddov xvdaripovo. 

\ > @ / / n 4 
Tov 5 evpov dawvyTa yapov modXolow éeTnow 

a4 »O\ \ > 4 ® > yy 
vidos nde OvyaTpos auvpovos @ evi oiK. 
Thy ev “AyxirdrHos pn—nvopos vide méwrev: 5 
év Tpoin yap mpatov brécxeto Kal Katévevoe 
Swocéucvat, Toiow dé Geol yawov é&eréXevov. 

\ 7.9 . FF > & ¢ / / 
Thy ap & ¥ &O’ immoict Kal dpyace téwre vécrOat 
Muppidovev mpotl dotu mepixdurov, olow dvaccer. 
vids d€ YaraptynGev "Aréxropos Hyeto Kovpny, 10 
4 e 4 / \ / 
Os ol THAUYETOS yéveTo KpaTepos MeyarrévOns 
éx SovAns: “Edévyn Sé Geol yovov ovxér’ dawvor, 

> \ \ “A > ag? > \ 
érrel 69 TO mpwTov éyelvato maid’ épatewnr, 
‘Eppsovny, i) eldos eye ypucéns ’Adpodirns. 

“Qs of péev Salvevto Kad’ tinvepedées péya SHpua 15 
yelroves 7O€ état Mevedrdov Kxvdaripovo, 

TepTropevors peta Sé odhw éuéAreto Oeios dovdds 
ghopuifwov: dow Sé KvBiotnthpe Kat avtovs 
pormis éEapyovtos édivevoy Kata péacous. 

To 8 air év rpobdpoicr Sopov aire te xa iro, 
Tnr€éuaxos 8’ pws cal Néoropos dyads vids, 21 
athoav: o 5é mpoporwy ideto Kpeiwv ’Erewveds, 
orpnpos Oeparav Meveddov xvdaripovo, 

BH 8” ipev ayyeréov Sia SOpata trowéve Naor, 


IV. 
AT LAKEDAIMON. 


Into the hollows now they came of caverned Lakedai- 
mon and drove to the palace of famous Menelaos. They | 
found him holding a wedding feast for all his kin, in 
honor of the son and gentle daughter of his house. To 
the son of Achilles, that breaker of men’s ranks, he gave 
his daughter ; for long ago, at Troy, he made the promise 
and agreed to give her, and now the gods brought round 
their wedding. Therefore he sent her forth with horses 
and with chariots to the famed city of the Myrmidons, 
whose king her bridegroom was. For his son he took 
as a wife Alektor’s daughter out of Sparta, his son be- 
ing now full grown, strong Megapenthes, the child of a 
slave mother. To Helen did the gods grant no more issue 
- after she in the early time had borne her lovely child, 
Hermioné, who had the grace of golden Aphrodité. 

Thus at the feast in the great high-roofed house, neigh- 
bors and kinsmen of famous Menelaos sat and made 
merry. Among them sang the sacred bard and touched 
his lyre; a pair of dancers went whirling down the cen- 
tre as he began the song. 

But at the palace gate two youths and their horses 
stopped, princely Telemachos and the proud son of Nestor. 
Great Etedneus came forth and saw them,—he was a 
busy squire of famous Menelaos,—and passed along the 


100 OAYSSEIAS A. 


b] A o.2 4 4 / , 
ayyod 8° iordpevos érea Trepdevta Tpoonvda* 25 
‘ Belva 6 tTwe THde, Siotpepés @ Mevérae, 
dvdpe dv0m, yeven S¢ Atos peyddovo évKTov. 
GN eit H chow Katadticopev w@xéas imous, 
 GAXov TéuT@pev iKavéwev, 65 KE Piijon. 
Tov 5é péy’ dyOjoas mpocédn EavOos Mevédaoss 
‘ov pev varios Hoa, BonOoidn ’Etewved, 
\ / > \ \ na / a / / 
TO mpl? aTap pev vov ye Tas Os via Babess. 
mH pev &n var Eewwnva Toda harydvTe 
Gdrwv avOpwrav Sedp’ ixoucO’, ai xé rot Zeds 
éforicw wep Twavon ovftos. GANA AV’ tatous 85 
/ x > > \ / vy a ? 
Ecivwv, és 5° avtovs tpotépwm aye OownOfvat. 
“Ds PaO’, 6 5€ peydpowo Siécouto, Kéxrero 8 GAXovs 
> \ / ud / en > al 
oTpnpovs Oepdrovtas aya orécbar éoi adTo. 
e , \ an e \ a € / 
ot © imous péev Acav bd Evyod iSpwovTas, 
kal tos pev KaTédnoav é immeinos Karyot, 40 
map 5° &Barov feuds, ava dé xpi AevKov ewEav, 
LA >, » \ » EES A 4 
dppata 5° éxdwav mpos évorria Tappavowrta, 
> \ Hee A r ¢ \ 3907 : 
avtovs 0° eiofryov Oeiov Sopov: of dé idovTes 
Oavpalov Kata Sama SvoTtpepéos BacrAtos. 
@s Te yap nerlou alyAn Térev HE cEeAnVNS 45 
Sapa Kal’ inpepepés Meveddov xvdariporo. 
ee. * b] \ / € / b a 
avTap émel Taprncay op@pevor oPOarmoicw, 
4 «? > / / b] / , 
és p’ acapivOovs Bdavtes évEéotas NovoarTo. 
tovs 8’ érel ovv Sumal Aovoay Kal ypicay édralo, 
app &° apa ydalvas ovdas Badov nd5é yiTovas, 50 
és pa Opovous Bovro trap’ ’Atpeldnv Mevédaov. 
xépuiBa 8° aphiroros mpoyow éréyeve pépovea 
n f e > / / 
Kady x“puoeln, UTrép apyupéoto AEBnTOS, 
vilracOats mapa dé Leotiy éravvcce tpametar. 


Ne et oe le 


~ 


THE ODYSSEY, Iv. 101 


hall to tell the shepherd of the people, and standing close 
he said in winged words: 

“‘ Here are some strangers, heaven-descended Menelaos, 
two men, and they are like the seed of mighty Zeus. Say, 
shall we unharness their swift horses, or send them on 
for some one else to entertain ?” 

Then, deeply moved, said light-haired Menelaos: “ You 
were no fool, Boéthods’ son, Etedneus, before this time, 
but now you are talking folly like a child! Only through 
largely tasting hospitality at strangers’ hands we two are 
here, and we must look to Zeus henceforth to give us rest 
from trouble. No! take the harness from the strangers’ 
horses, and bring the men within to share the feast.” 

He spoke, and Etedneus hastened along the hall and 
called on other busy squires to follow after. They took 
the sweating horses from the yoke, tied them securely in 
the stalls, threw them some corn and mixed therewith 
white barley, then tipped the chariot up against the bright 
face-wall, and brought the men into the lordly house. And 
they, beholding, marveled at the dwelling of the heaven- 
descended king; for a sheen as of the sun or moon played 
through the high-roofed house of famous Menelaos. Now 
after they had satisfied their eyes with gazing, they sought 
the polished baths, and bathed. And when the maids had 
bathed them and anointed them with oil, and put upon 
them fleecy robes and tunics, they took their seats by 
Menelaos, son of Atreus. And water for the hands a 
servant brought them in a beautiful pitcher made of gold, 
and poured it out over a silver basin for their washing, 


and by them spread a polished table. Then the grave 


102 OAYSSEIAS A. 


aitov 8° aidoin tapin wapéOnxe hépovea, 55 
+” , > 9 a , , 
eldata TOAN émrileioa, yapifouévn TapedovTwr. 
[Sautpds 5é kpe@y mivaxas wapéOnKev deipas 
mavrolwv, mapa Sé odie Ties ypioeva KUTreEdXa. | 
T® Kal Secxvipevos tpocépn EavOds Mevédaos: 
‘Xirov 0° drrecOov Kal yalperov. aitap érata ® 
Selrvov Taccapéva eipnoopucd’ of tivés éotov 
[avdpav: ov yap ope@v ye yévos amrodXwA€ TOKHOY, 
GX’ avdpayv yévos éoré Siotpedéwv Bacirjov 
oKnTTovyov, émel ov Ke Kaxol Tovovcde TéKoLeV. |’ 
¢ / fal a 
‘2s pato, Kai cpw vdta Bods mapa tiova OjKev 6 
” on 2 \ e \ / cf e , / > An 
drt év xepoly éEdov, TA Pd of yépa TapOecay avT@. 
ie eta Wee Bk eee > ¢ A , a ” 
ot O° ém ovelad” éroipa tpoxeipeva yeipas taddov. 
> > \ 4 b Wey / > 4 4 
avTap émel Toas Kal édntvos é& Epov évTo, 
\ / / / / ey 
57 tore Tnréuayos mpocepovee Néoropos vidr, 
dyyt oxyov Kkeparynv, Wa pn mevOoiab’ of addow* 70 
‘ Dpateo, Necropidn, TO €u@ Kexapiopéve Ovpo, 
xadKod Te oTEepoTHY Kad SapaTa HYNEVTA, 
n > > / \ > A xO? 3» 7 
xpucod T HAEKTPOV TE Kal apyvpov Nd EdépayTos. 
\ 
Znvos wou toujde y ‘Orvprriov évdoev avrn, 
> Ul 
bc0ca Tad’ doreta Toda: céBas p Exel ElcopowrTa. 
al , 
Tov 8 adyopevovtos Edvero EavOds Mevédaos, 76 
i | 
kal ofeas hovicas érea TrepbevTa Tpoonvdsa: 
‘Téxva din, } to. Znvi Bporav ove av tis épifor: 
> / \ a , \ / , = 
abdvator yap Tod ye Sopot Kal KTHmaT’ Eacw: 
avdpav 8’ h Kév ris pot éplocetat, He Kal ovKl, 8 
KThpacw. % yap TOA TrAabay Kal MOAN érradnOels 
nyayouny év vnuol kal dySodTt@ éret 7Oor* 
Kirpov Powiknv te kat Aiyurriovs érarnbels, 
, 
AiBliords O° ixouny Kal Zidoviovs cal ’EpeuBovs 


THE ODYSSEY, IV. 103 


housekeeper brought bread and placed before them, set- 
ting out food of many a kind, freely giving of her store. 
The carver, too, took platters of meat and placed before 
them, meat of all kinds, and set their golden goblets ready. 
Then, greeting the pair, said light-haired Menelaos : 

“Take food, and have good cheer! and after you have 
enjoyed your meal, we will inquire what men you are. 
Surely the parent line suffers no loss in you; but you 
are of some line of heaven-descended kings who bear the 
sceptre. No common men could have such children.” 

So saying, he set before them fat slices of a chine of 
beef, taking up in his hands the roasted flesh which had 
been placed before him as the piece of honor; and on the 
food spread out before them they laid hands. But after 
they had stayed desire for drink and food, Telemachos 
said to Nestor’s son,—his head bent close that others: 
might not hear: 

“QO son of Nestor, my heart’s delight, observe the blaze 
of bronze throughout these echoing halls, the gold, the 
amber, silver, and ivory! The court of Olympian Zeus 
must be like this within. What untold wealth is here! I 
am amazed to see.” 

What he was saying light-haired Menelaos overheard, 
and speaking to them in winged words he said: “ Dear 
children, surely mortal man could never vie with Zeus ; 
eternal are his halls and his possessions; but one of hu- 
mankind to vie with me in wealth there may or may not 
be. Through many woes and wanderings I brought it in 
my ships, and I was eight years on the way. Cyprus, 
Pheenicia, Egypt, 1 wandered over; I came to the Ethio- 


104 OAYSSEIAS A. 


kat AcBinv, va T dpves apap Kepaol Ter€Oovaer 85 
\ \ / a / > > , 
Tpls yap TikTer phra TerXeohopoy eis éviavTov. 
év0a péev ovte avak émidevis ovTEe TL TroLunY 
TUpod Kal KpeL@v, OVE YAvKEpOtO ydXaKTOS, 
GXN aiel tapéyovow émnetavoy yada Ojcba. 
a / 
elos éyw mepl xeiva todd Biorov cvvayelpwv 90 
, \ bY 
Hrwunv, Telos por adeApedv AAXos Erredve 
/ > / 
AdOpyn, avaroti, SdoAp ovAOMEVNS GOxoL0" 
&s ob Tor yalpwv Toicdse KTedTecoW avdoow, — 
\ / / / > > / vA APR 
Kal Tatépwv Tabe pméAdeT aKovéuev, of Ties dpiv 
elolv, — érrel pdra TOAN Errabov, Kal a7@deca olKov % 
ev pdda vateTdovta, Keyavd0Ta Toda Kal éoOdd. 
& ” "s 4 > / lal 
av opedov TpiTaTny Tep Exov év Souact pmolpay 
vale, ot & avdpes odor Enpevat, of TOT ddovVTO 
Tpoin év evpeln, Exas “Apryeos immoBorow. 
> > / \ > 4 \ > 4 
GXX éumns TavTas peéev Odupopevos Kal ayevov 100 
TodAaKs év peydpoicr KaOypwevos tuetéporotvy — 
adXoTe pév Te yOu Ppéva TépTopat, addoTe 8” adte 
Tavonat’ airxynpds Sé Kopos Kpuvepoio yoovo — 
TOV TAVTWVY OV TOTcOV ddUpoual, aYVipevos TeEp, 
@s évos, bs Té wot Urvov ameyOaiper kal edwdhv 105 
Hvwowév, €rrel od Tis “Ayaidv Toco éudynoev 
¢ > 9 \ > Ee » Re a pie ats WS ‘ 
dca Odvcers euoynoe Kal pato. tad dS dp ewerrev 
avT@ Kynde écecOat, éuoi 8’ ayos aidy GacTov 
/ \ 
Kelwov, OTws 1 Snpov amolxeras, ovdé Ti Sper, 
, rd > * 
foe 0 y % TéOvnKEV. OdvpovTal vd Tov adTov 110 
/ 2 < 
Aaéptns 8 0 yépwv Kat éxédpwv TInvedoreva 
/ / a 
Tyréuayos 0’, dv ergevtre véov yeyawr’ évi olke.’ 
N\ aA 
“Qs dato, TS 8 dpa matpos id’ twepov apce ydoro, 
/ Diyte \ 
ddxpu 5’ amd Brehdpov yapyddis Bare Tatpos axovcas, 


THE ODYSSEY, IV. 105 


pians, Sidonians, and Erembians, and into Libya, where the 
lambs are full-horned at their birth. Three times within 
the ripening year the flocks bear young. No master nor 
herdsman there lacks cheese, meat, or sweet milk, but the 
ewes always give their milk the whole year round. While 
I was gathering thereabouts much wealth and wandering 
on, a stranger slew my brother while off his guard, by 
stealth, and through the stratagem of his accursed wife. 
Thus with no pleasure am I lord of my possessions here. 
From your fathers, too, you must have heard the tale, 
whoever they may be; for great was my affliction, and I 
found a house in ruins, fair though it stood, and stored 
with many goods. Ah, would that I were here at home 
with but the third part of my wealth, and they were safe 
who fell on the plain of Troy, far off from grazing Argos! 
But no! and for them all I often grieve and mourn when 
sitting in my halls. Now with a sigh I ease my heart, 
then check myself; soon comes a surfeit of benumbing 
sorrow. Yet in my grief it is not all I so much mourn 
as one alone, who makes me loathe my sleep and food 
when I remember him ; for no Achaian met the struggles 
that Odysseus met and won. Therefore on him it was 
appointed woe should fall, and upon me a ceaseless pang 
because of him; so long he tarries, whether alive or dead 
we do not know. Doubtless there mourn him now the old 
Laértes, steadfast Penelope, and Telemachos, whom he left 
a new-born child at home.” 

So he spoke, and stirred in Telemachos yearnings to 
mourn his father. Tears from his eyelids dropped upon 


106 OAYSSEIAS A. 


xraivav trophupéenv avt’ opOarpoiw avacyav 115 
apdhotépnow yxepol. vonoe 5é pv Mevédaos, 
pepunpiée 8° errevta Kata ppéva kal kata Ovpov 
Hé pv avTov TaTpos édoee pynoOjvat, 
% pat e&epéoito Exacta Te Teipyjoacto. 

Eios 6 tad0’ appawe kata dpéva Kal Kata Ovpor, 12 
éx 8° ‘Edévn Oardporo Ova@deos trropddo.o 
nrvOev, “Aptéwids ypvonrakdt@ eixvia. 
Th 8 dp dw ’Adpnotn Kkrdolnv evTuKTov eOnxer, 
"Arkirmn Sé tarnta hépev paraxod épioro, 
Durw &’ apyvpeov Tdrapov épe, Tov of edwxKev 125 
"Arxavipn, TIodv8o10 Sduap, ds evar’ évt OnBys 
Aiyurrtins, 601 mreiora Sopos ev KTHpaTa KetTaL* 
ds Meveddw Saxe Sv’ apyupéas acapivOovs, 
Soiovs dé tpizrodas, déxa 5€ ypucoio TddavTa. — 
xapis §’ a0’ ‘Edévyn aroyos Tope KaddAX pa SHpa* 180 
xpucénv T HraxdTnv Tadapov O bmdKvKXOV OTacceEV 
apyvpeov, ypuvo@ 8° érl yeldea KexpdavTo. 
TOV pad ot apdiroros Purw trapéOnxe hépovoea 
vyuatos aoKxntoto BeBvopevov: avtap én’ avT@ 
nraKdTn TeTadvuaTo iodvedes cipos Eyouca. 185 
Gero 8’ év Kdéopw@, bd Sé Ophvus tocly hev. 
avtixa 8’ 4 9 éréeoot Téow épéewev Exacta’ 

‘"Idpuev 69, Mevérae Scotpedés, of tives oide 
avopav evyeTowvTat ixavéuev tuérepov 80 ; 
pevoowat, % érupov épéw; Kédetar Sé pe Oupos. 144 
ov yap To Twa hnus eorxoTa wde idécOar 
ovT avop odte yuvaixa, oéBas pw’ eye eicopdwoar, 
ws 06 ‘Oducofos peyadrropos vie Eouxe, 
Trepax, Tov edevrre véov yeyaar evi oik@ 


THE ODYSSEY, IV. 107 


the ground, when he heard his father’s name, and he held 
with both his hands his purple cloak before his eyes. This 
Menelaos marked, and hesitated now within his mind and 
heart whether to leave him to make mention of his fa- 
ther, or first to question him and prove him through and 
through. 

While he thus doubted in his mind and heart, forth 
from her fragrant high-roofed chamber Helen came, like 
golden-shafted Artemis. For her, Adrasté placed a well- 
wrought chair; Alkippé brought a carpet of soft wool, and 
Phylo a silver basket which Alkandré gave, the wife of 
Polybos, who lived in Thebes of Egypt, where wealth in 
plenty fills the houses. He gave to Menelaos two silver 
baths, a pair of kettles, and ten golden talents. And 
then, besides, his wife gave Helen beautiful gifts; she 
gave a golden distaff and a basket upon rollers, fashioned 
of silver, and its rim finished with gold. This her attend- 
ant Phylo now brought and set beside her, filled with a 
curious yarn; across it lay the distaff, charged with dark 
wool. Seated upon her chair, — beneath there was a foot- 
stool for the feet,— she straightway questioned thus her 
husband closely : 

** Do we know, heaven-descended Menelaos, who the men 
call themselves that seek our dwelling? Shall I speak 
false or true? My heart impels me. None have I ever 
seen, I think, so like another, be it a man or woman — 
amazed am I to see! —as this man here is like a son of 
brave Odysseus, even like Telemachos, who was left a 
new-born child at home by him, his father, when you 


108 OAYSSEIAS A. 


a > A , ee i ” / / . 2 \ 
keivos avnp, Or’ éweto Kuv@midos elver’ ’Ayaiol 
Ld 
OO" vd Tpoinv, worewov Opacdv dpyatvovtes.’ 
Ti 8° drraperBopevos mpocédn EavOds Mevédaos: 
‘otTw viv Kal éy@ vodw, ybval, os ad éloxes* 
Kelvov yap Tovwide wodes Tovalde TE yelpes 
n \ lal 
opOaruav te Boral Keharyn tr’ epdrrepOé te Yatra. 
Kal vov % ToL éym peuvnpuévos aud "Odvoqu 
pvOcdunyv, doa Keivos divicas éwoynoev 
> orp \ Rey € \ ©. i 9i' py 
app épuol, avTap o TiKpov vm ddpvcr Sdxpvov EiBe, 
an / BA , Saad. nr 
XAaivay woppupenv avt opOarpoiw dvacyov.’ 
\ > 5 / “4 
Tov 8° av Neotopiéns Iectotpatos avriov nida* 
>] / / a 
‘"Arpeidn Mevédae Sduotpedés, dpyape rawr, 
e 
xelvou pév ToL 00’ vios érHTUpmoV, ws ayopevels* 
\ 4 n 
Gra caodpwv éotl, vewecoaras 8’ évi Ovpe 
\ \ mie 
@0’ hav TO TpwTOV érecBorias avadaivew 
dvta aéOev, Tod vat Oeov Bs Teprropc’ avéd7. 
> \ > \ / / c / / 
avTap éue mpoénke Tepjvios immota Néotwp 
+ Oo a TO \ 4 0 . 2x5 / id / 4) 
6 dua toutov érecOa: éédXOeTo yap oe idécOat, 
ec »+ 4 e 0 / x7 ” 
bdpa of } TL eros UroOjcEeas HE TL Epyov. 
\ a 
Tora yap adye’ eyes TaTpos Tats oiyopuévowo 
> / e \ # > a 4 
év peyapols, @ Nn AAXAOL AoTaNTHpPES EWOLD, 
ws viv Tnreudy@ 6 péev olyetat, ovdé of GdXot 
elo’ of Kev Kata Shpov addAKolev KAKOTNTA. 


Tov 8’ atrapetBomevos mpocédn EavOds Mevédaos* 


‘@ morro, 7 para 6» didrou avépos vids ewov bO 
” , aA ivf AE | a / > “ >/ 

ixeO’, Os eivex éueto Trodéas euoynoev aéOXovs* 
kal piv ebnv édMovta ghirnoéwev EEoyov addov 
’"Apyeiwv, ef vaw wmelp dda vooTtov edwxe 

vnvot Sonor yevéoOar ’Oddprrios evptota Zevs. 
kal Ké ot “Apyet vaoca Todw Kal dSwpar’ érevéa, 


160 


165 


170 


THE ODYSSEY, IV. 109 


Achaians, for the sake of worthless me, came under the 
walls of Troy, eager for valorous fighting.” 

Then, answering her, said light-haired Menelaos: ** Now 
I too note it, wife, even as you trace the likeness; those 
were his feet and hands, that was his glance, that too his 
head, and, up above, his hair. And even now, as I began 
to call to mind Odysseus and to tell the tale of all the 
grievous toils he bore in my behalf, this youth let fall a 
bitter tear from under his brows, and held his purple cloak 
before his eyes.” 

Then Nestor’s son, Peisistratos, made answer: “O son 
of Atreus, heaven-descended Menelaos, leader of hosts, this 
is in truth his son, as you have said; but he is modest and 
too bashful in his heart to make a show of talk on his 
first coming here, before you too, whose voice we both 
enjoy as if it were a god’s. The Gerenian horseman, 
Nestor, sent me forth from home to be his escort; for he 
desired to see you, hoping that you might give him aid by 
word or deed. Ah, many a grief the son of an absent 
father meets, even when at home, if other helpers are 
not by. So with Telemachos; the one is gone, and others 
there are none throughout the land to ward off ill.” 

Then, answering him, said light- haired Menelaos: 
“What! Is there then within my house the son of one 
so dear, one who for me bore many a conflict! I used 
to say that I should greet his coming far more than that 
of all the other Argives, if through the seas Olympian far- 
seeing Zeus let our swift ships find passage. In ArgosI — 
would have assigned to hima city, would here have built 

9 


110 OAYSSEIAS A. 


e& "L0duns ayayov civ xtjpact Kai Téxei 175 
Kal Taow aoict, piav TOW éEadaTrakas, 
ai Tepwa.eTdovew, avdccovtat 8° éwol avT@. 
kal Ke Ody’ évOdd’ coves euroyoped’* oddé Kev jpuéas 
GAro Siéxpwev diréovTé Te TepTromevw TE, 
mplv oy Ste 8) Oavatow pérav védos audexddrurpev. 180 
aNd Ta pév Tov pédArev aydooed Oat Oeds avros, 
ds Kelvov SUaTnvov avoaTimov olov EOnxer.’ 
“Ns ddro, roict 5é tracw id’ twepov @pae yoouo. 
Krale pev “Apyetn ‘Edévn, Atos éxyeyavia, 
Kraie 5¢ Tnréwaxos te kat “Arpeldns Mevédaos, 185 
oS’ dpa Néotopos vids adaxpitw éxev doce: 
pvyicato yap Kata Oupov apvpovos ’Avtidoxow, 
tov p’ "Hovs éxtewe pacwhs aydads vi0s. 
tov & y érysvnobels erea TrepoevT’ aryopevev* 
‘’Arpeidn, wept wéev oe Bpotav temvupévoy civat 190 
Néctop dacy’ 6 yépwv, 67’ ériysvnoaipeba ceio 
olow évi peydpoiot, Kal addrndovs épéorper, 
kal viv, el ti mov ect, miOoLd pour ov yap eyo ye 
TépTop ddupdpevos peTaddoptrios, GAAA Kal nos 
€ooeTar npiyévera* vewecoamal ye mev ovdév 195 
Kralew bs Ke Oavnot Bpotdy Kal woTpov ériomn. 
TovTO vu Kal Yyépas olov dibvpoict BpoToics, 
KelpacOai te Kopnv Baréew 7 ard Saxpv Tapear. 
Kal yap éuos TéOvnKev adeAdeds, ov TL KaKLTTOS 
"Apyeiwvs pérreis 5é od idpwevars ov yap eyo ye 200 
HvTno ovdé iSov: tepl 8’ dddr\wv hacl yevérOat 
’Avtiroyov, tept ev Belew taydv nde payntyy.’ 
Tov 8’ drrapesBopevos mpocédyn EavOds Mevédaos: 
‘@ Pin, eel toca eles bc” dv wemvupévos avip 


THE ODYSSEY, IV. 111 


his house, and I would have brought him out of Ithaka, — 
him and his goods, his child, and all his people, — clear- 
ing its dwellers from some single city that lies within my 
neighborhood and owns me as its lord. So living here, we 
had been much together; and nothing further could have 
parted then our joyous friendship till round us death’s 
dark cloud had closed. But God himself must have been 
envious of a life like this, and made that hapless man 
alone to fail of coming.” 

So he spoke, and stirred in all a yearning after tears. 
Then Argive Helen wept, the child of Zeus ; Telemachos, 
too, wept, and Menelaos, son of Atreus; nor yet did Nes- 
tor’s son keep his eyes tearless. For he bethought him 
in his heart of good Antilochos, whom the proud son of 
the bright Dawn had slain; remembering whom, he spoke 
in winged words : 

“QO son of Atreus, that you were wise beyond the wont 
of men, old Nestor used to say when we would mention 
you within his halls and question one another. And now 
if this be so, give heed to me, for I find little cheer in 
sorrow at a feast. Soon comes the dawn. Not that I 
think it ill to weep when one has died and met his doom. 
It is the only honor men in grief can pay, to cut the hair 
and drop from the cheek the tear. A brother of mine 
once died, one not the meanest of the Argives. You must 
have known him. I never looked upon his face myself 
and never knew him; but Antilochos, they say, was first 
of all in speed of foot and as a fighter.” 

Then, answering him, said light- haired Menelaos: 
“Friend, you have spoken as a man of understanding 


112 OAYSSEIAS A. 


elrot Kat péEeve, Kal Os mpoyeveatepos ein 205 

tolov yap Kal tatpos, 0 Kal mwemvupéva Balers. 

peta 8° dplyvwtos yovos dvépos & te Kpoviev 

brABov émrikdkoon yapéovTi Te yewwouev@ Te, 

as viv Néotops dxe Siaytrepés Hata TavtTa, 

avTov pev AuTTAapPwS ynpacKémev EV peyapoLowWw, 210 

vieas ad TwvuTovs Te Kal eyyeow elvat apioTous. 

nets 5€ KravOuov pev édoomer, ds mplv éTvyOn, 

Soptrouv 8° éEadtis pvnowpcOa, yepai 8’ éf tdwp 

yevavTov. pd0o dé Kal na0EV ep EcovTat 

Tyreuay@ Kal éwol Siaevréuev aGddAjdovow. 215 
“Qs épar’, "Achariav 8’ dp’ iSwp ert yelpas eyever, 

oTpnpos Oepatrav Meveddov xvdaripovo. 

ot 8° én’ dveiad’ éroima mpoxeiweva yeipas taddov. 
"Ev0’ abt arn’ évono’ ‘EXévn Avos éxyeyavia: 

avtix dp’ eis olvov Bare Pdppakov, EvOev Erwov, 220 

yyntrevOés 7 ayoNov TE, KaKav éTriAnOoy amrdvTwD. 

ds TO KaTaBpdkeer, ery KpnThpr puryeln, 

od Kev éednuéptos ye Badou Kata Sdxpuv Trapeor, 

ovd’ ef of KataTeOvain unTnp Te TaTNHp TE, 

ovd” ef of mpotapowev adeAdheov 7 pirdov viov 225 

xYarKo Snidwev, 0 8’ bOarpoicw op@ro. 

toia Avs Ovyadrnp éye hdppaka pntioevta, 

écOra, Ta of TodAvdapva ropev, Odvos Trapdxorris, 

Aiyurtin, TH Treiota hépet CelSwmpos apovpa 

hdppaka, Toda pev ecOrd peuryuéva, TOANA Sé Avypa: 

intpos dé Exactos émuctdpevos Tepl TavT@V 231 

avOparav: % yap IIaujoves eiou yevéOdns. 

avTap émel p événke KéXeuce TE Oivoxoncat, 

eEadtis ptvOorcw apevBouévn mpocéerrev* 


THE ODYSSEY, IV. 113 


might speak and even might act, were he indeed your 
elder; for, sprung from such a father, you talk with un- 
derstanding. Lasily is his offspring known for whom the 
son of Kronos in birth and marriage weaves a blessing. 
And thus has he blessed Nestor continually, throughout 
his days, letting him reach serene old age at home, and 
letting his sons be youths of wisdom, mighty with the 
spear. But let us check the lamentation which arose ere- - 
while, and turn once more to feasting. Let them pour 
water on our hands. Again, to-morrow, for Telemachos 
and me there will be tales to tell.” 

He spoke, and Asphalion poured water on their hands, 
—he-was a busy squire of famous Menelaos; then on the 
food spread out before them they laid hands. 

Now elsewhere Helen turned her thoughts, that child of 
Zeus. Straightway she cast into the wine of which they 
drank a drug which quenches pain and strife, and brings 
forgetfulness of every ill. He who should taste it, when 
mixed in the bowl, would not that day let tears fall down 
his cheeks although his mother and his father died, al- 
though before his door a brother or dear son were cut off 
by the sword, and his own eyes beheld. Such cunning 
drugs had the daughter of Zeus, drugs of a healing virtue, 
which Polydamna gave, the wife of Thon, in Egypt, where 
the fruitful soil yields drugs of every kind, some that 
when mixed are healing, others deadly. There every one 
is a physician, skilful beyond all humankind, for they are 
of the race of Paion. So after she had cast the drug into 
the bowl and bidden pour, then, once more taking up the 


word, she said: 
8 


114 OAYSSEIAS A. 


‘’Atpelin Mevérae Siotpedées 75é Kal olde 


avipav écOr\av taides: atap Beds dAXoTE GANO 


\ b / f al , \ A 
Zevs ayabov te kaxov te did0t- Stivatar yap aravta* 


9 na / / > / 
9 Tor vov Saivvabe KaOnpevor év peyaporce 
kal wv0ous téptrecOe* éoixdTa yap Katadéto. 

, \ > : , 2>Q? 3 / 
TavTa pev ovK ay éym pvOjcouat ovd’ dvoprve, 
daco. ‘Odvcchos tadkacidpovos eicw deOror: 
GX olov 70d” epee Kal ErrAN KapTepds avnp 

/ 4 Ud isd / /, : Beef , 
dnuwe eve Tpdwv, 60 wdcxetre myyat *Ayarol. 
avTov pv TANYHOW aeKeNinot Sapdocas, 

ne + fal 
omeipa Kak aud poirot Barav, oixhe éorxas, 
> “a / / / > / 
avipav Svopevéwy Kkatédv rodw edpudyuiav* 
> 
arp 8° abtov hwtl Kxataxpitrav iioKe 

/ \ Cal »” fal 
dexTy, Os ovdev toios env érlt vynvolv ’Ayaav. 
T@® ixedos Katédv Tpowv rod, of 8’ &Bdxnoav 

\ a 
mavTes* éya Sé pv oin avéyvwv Toiov édvTa, 

/ > , c \ / > / 
kai pu avnp@tav: o 5é Kepdootvyn aréewev. 
GX’ Ste 84 pv eyo AOcov Kal ypiov éraiw, 
> \ \ ~ iva \ ” \ isd 
api é elpata écoa, Kal @pooa Kaptepoy SpKov 

a bl an 
pn pev mpl ’Odvoha peta Tpdeco’ avadjvas, 
an > 
mplv ye Tov és vids te Bods Kdcias Tt adixécOan, 
/ / 5] a 
Kal ToTe On jor Tavta voov Katéde-ev ’Aya.ov. 
/ 
morrdovs S¢€ Tpwwy xteivas tavanKkei yadKo 
mrOe pet “Apyelous, Kara Sé ppovw tyaye woAdj. 
\ n 
&v0” adrAat Tpwal Aly’ éxdxvov: adtap éuov Kip 
al / 
xaip’, érel dn wou Kpadin térparto véecOat 
dap oixovd’, adrnv 8& petéorevor, iv ’Adpoditn 

acy ra ee cal > \ / y 
day, Te pw Hyaye Kkeloe Hirys amd matpidos ains, 

ag / - Me Lee 4 / / / 
maida T é€unv voodiccapernv Oaddapov Te TocW TE 

+S 
ov tev Sevopevov, ot’ ap dpévas ovTe TL Eidos.’ 


240 


255 


THE ODYSSEY, IV. 115 


*“‘ Feaven-descended son of Atreus, Menelaos, and you 
too, you sons of worthy men, though Zeus to one in one 
way, to another in another, distributes good and ill, —he 
is almighty, — yet for the present sit and feast within the 
hall, and cheer yourselves with tales. One fitting well the 
time I will relate. Fully I could not tell, could not even 
name, the many feats of sorely-tried Odysseus. But this 
is the sort of deed that brave man did and dared, there . 
in the Trojan land where you Achaians suffered. Mar- 
ring himself with cruel blows, casting a wretched garment 
round his shoulders, and looking like a slave, he walked 
the wide-wayed city of his foes; and other than his own 
true self he made himself appear in this disguise, even like 
a beggar, far as he was from such an one at the Achaian 
ships. In such a guise, he walked the Trojans’ town ; 
they took no notice, one and all; I alone knew him for 
the man he was, and questioned him. With craft he baf- 
fled me. But after I had bathed him and anointed him 
with oil and given him clothing, when I had sworn a 
heavy oath not to make known Odysseus to the Trojans 
till he should reach the swift ships and the tents, then 
did he tell me all the mind of the Achaians. So, slaying 
many Trojans with his trenchant sword, he went off to the 
Argives and carried back much knowledge. Thereat the 
other Trojan women raised a loud lament: my soul was 
glad, for my heart already turned toward going home 
again, and I would mourn the blindness Aphrodité sent 
when she lured me thither from my native land, abandon- 
ing my child, my chamber, and my husband, — a man who 
lacked for nothing, either in mind or person.” 


116 OAYSSEIAS A. 


\ / 
Ti 8’ ataperBopevos mpocédhn EavOds Mevéraos: 
le) lal 4 
‘val 6) tTadTd ye Tavta, vival, KaTa pmotpay éevtres. 


On pev Toréwv edanv BovAjv Te voov Te 
avipov npowv, TordAny 8° éredjdrvOa yaiav: 
aX’ ov re ToLovTov éywv idov od0arpoicowy 
olov "Odvocjos tadracippovos éoxe Pidov Kipp. 
olov kai Tdd’ épe&e kal EtTAn KapTEpos avnp 
imap év Ecoted, wv éviypeOa Trdvtes apiotot 
"Apyetov Tpwecot hovov nal kipa épovtes. 
mrAOes Erevta ov Keioe* Kedevoéwevar Sé o Ewedre 
Saiwwv, ds Tpwecow éBovrerTo Kdd0s dpéEac: 
Kat Tot AniboBos Oeoeixeros EorreT iovon. 

tpis b€ mepicre~as Koidov Aodyov aupadhdwaa, 
éx 8° dvopaxryndnv Aavady dvouakes apicrous, 
mavtov 'Apyeiwv paviv toxovo’ addyoww. 
avtap éya Kat Tudeidns Kat dios ’Odvaceds 
huevor ev péooocw axovoamev ws éBdnaas. 

vor wéev audotépw pevenvapwev opunbévTe 

) eEerOéuevar,  evdo0ev ay irraxodcat: 

arn’ ’Odvceds Katépuxe kal éoyebev iceuévo Tep. 
[€v0" arrow wev mdvres axnv ecav vies ’Ayaar, 
"Avtixros Sé cé yf olos apeipacbar éréecow 
n0chev: arX’ ’Odvceds ert pdoraxa yepol miete 
vorewéws Kpatepjol, cdwoe de rdvtas "Ayasods, 


265 


270 


275 


Toppa 8 éy’ dpa ce voodw amryarye Tladras ’AOnvn.) 


Tov 8 ab Tyréuayos remvupévos avtiov nida: 
‘"Atpeidn Mevérae Siotpedés, Spyapye rawr, 
adyvov ob yap ot TL Tad’ Hpkece Avypov deb por, 
oud’ et of Kpadin ye ovdnpén evdobev Fev. 

GXN’ ayer’ eis ebynv tpdared’ jywéas, Sdpa Kal ASn 


290 


THE ODYSSEY, Iv. | 117 


Then, answering her, said light-haired Menelaos: “ Yes, 
all your tale, my wife, is told right well. Ere now I have 
made trial of the wisdom and the will of many a hero, and 
I have traveled over many lands; but never with these 
eyes have I beheld so true a soul as sorely-tried Odysseus. 
This also is the sort of deed that brave man did and dared 
within the wooden horse where all we Argive chiefs were 
lying, bearing to the Trojans death and doom. Erelong 
you passed that way, — some god must have impelled you, 
seeking to bring the Trojans honor; godlike Deiphobos 
was following after. Thrice walking round our hollow 
ambush, touching it here and there, you called by name 
the Danaan chiefs, feigning the voice of every Argive’s 
wife. Now I and the son of Tydeus and royal Odysseus, 
crouched in the middle, heard your call, and two of us, 
starting up, were minded to go forth, or else to answer 
straightway from within ; but Odysseus drew us back and 
stayed our rashness. Then all the other sons of the Achai- 
ans held their peace. Antiklos only was determined to 
make answer to your words; but Odysseus firmly closed 
his mouth with his strong hands, and thus saved all the 
Achaians. Throughout the time he held him thus, till 
Pallas Athene led you off.” 

Then answered him discreet Telemachos: “O son of 
Atreus, heaven-descended Menelaos, leader of hosts, so 
much the harder is it; all was of no avail against a 
mournful death, although an iron heart was in his breast. 
Nay, bring us to our beds, that so at last, lulled in sweet 
sleep, we be at ease.” 


118 OAYSSEIAS A. 


ec e 


itv tro yAvKep@ TapTapycla Kowunbévtes.’ 
“Qs épat’, "Apyein 8’ ‘Erévn Suwqor Kércvce 
déuve it aidoton Oéwevar, kal pyyea Kara 
/ > > / / > b] 7 / 
moppupe éuBareew, otopécar T épvTeple Tamntas, 
xraivas T évOéyevar ovras KabvrepOev EcacOa. 
ai 5° icav é« peydpovo Sdos peta yepoly éyoucat, 
déuvia 5é€ otopecav: éx Se Eeivous aye Khpvé. 
. \ vy > 9 r , ee: , 
ol ev ap é€v Tpodou@ Sdpov avToOs KoiurjocayTo, 
Tnréuayos 8 hpws kal Néotopos dyads vids: 
"Arpeldns S€ xabedde pvy@ Sdpov tnroio, 
map &° “EXévn taviremdos édéEato, Sia yuvarkav. 
"Hyos 8’ jpuyévera havn pododaxruros *Has, 
@pvuT ap é& edvndr Bonv ayabos Mevédaos 
vA e / \ \ / >e\ 4} wv e 
elwata éeoodpevos, Tept dé Eihos o&d Oér’ dye, 
mocot 8 vo AuTapoiow edjcato Kaka TédiAa, 
BH 5” iwev é« Oardpoto Oed évariyxios avTny, 
Tyreudyo S€é mapifey eros 7 épat é« 7 dvopuate: 
‘ t / \ p>) Oe Oe T: / >, 
Time 5€ ce ypewm Sedp’ Hyaye, Tnrd<éuax’ pws, 
b] / a BE > / a / 
és Aaxedaipova Siav, én’ ebpéa vata Oaracons ; 
‘ =, AB L \ + De ? 
Snutov,  idiov ; TOde por vnwepTes eviomes. 
Tov 8’ abt Tnréuayos temvupévos aytiov nda: 
‘"Atpeidn Mevérae diotpedés, dpyape daar, 
” » / / \ > 7 
nrvOov, et Tid por KAnndova TraTpos éviotross. 
éoOlerai pot oiKos, GAwre Sé lova épya, 
Sucpevéwy 8° avdpav Trelos Somos, of Té pow ated 
BAN adwa oddfovcr Kal eirdltrodas EdXtKas Bous, 
BnTpos euis pynothpes vrépBiov UBpw éyovtes. 
TouveKa vuv Ta oa youvab’ ixavouat, ai x ébérncba 
t \ bs 2 a 5 54 
kelwov Avypov OrcOpov évomeiv, ef Tov OTwTAS 
opGarpotct Teoicw, % aAXov pdOov aKovaas 


805 


810 


THE ODYSSEY, IV. 119 


He spoke, and Argive Helen bade the maids to set a 
couch beneath the portico, to lay upon it beautiful purple 
rugs, spread blankets over these, and then place woollen 
mantles on the outside for a covering. So the maids left 
the hall, with torches in their hands, and spread the bed ; 
and a page led forth the strangers. Thus in the fore part 
of the house slept lord Telemachos and the proud son of 
Nestor. But the son of Atreus slept in the recess of the 
high hall, and by him long-robed Helen lay, a queen of 
women. 

Soon as the early rosy-fingered Dawn appeared, Men- 
elaos, good at the war-cry, rose from bed, put on his 
clothes, slung his sharp sword about his shoulder, under 
his shining feet bound his fair sandals, and came forth 
from his chamber in bearing like a god. Then seating 
himself beside Telemachos, he thus addressed him, saying : 

“ What is it that has brought you here, my lord 
Telemachos, to sacred Lakedaimon on the broad ocean- 
ridges? Some public need or private? Tell me the very 
truth.” 

Then answered him discreet Telemachos: “O son of 
Atreus, heaven-descended Menelaos, leader of hosts, I 
came to see if you could tell me tidings of my father. 
My home is swallowed up, my rich farms wasted; with 
men of evil hearts my house is filled, men who continu- 
ally butcher my thronging flocks and swing-paced crook- 
horned oxen — the suitors of my mother, overweening in 
their pride. Therefore I now come hither to your knees 
to ask that you will tell me of my father’s mournful death, 
whether perhaps you saw it for yourself with your own 


& K mBrr08, 7] picina 67 KpaTtepo poiies dvbpos ev ein 


a 
¥ 


120 OAYSSEIAS A. 


Tralouévovs mept yap pu oifupov réxe pnTnp. 825 
pence Ti pw aldopevos petdioceo pnd’ édrealpwr, 

> ’ 9 / 4 A > n 

GXN’ ev pot KaTdde€ov OTws HYTHCAS OTTwTTIS. 
Aliccopat, el WOTE TOL TL TraTHP euos, écOdOs ’Odvaceds, 
er x7 4 e \ > / 

% €TOS NE TL Epyov viroatas é&eTéXeoce 

Sjpo evs Tpowv, 601 macyete rhpat’ ’Ayatol: 830 
TOV VOV Mol pYHoaL, Kal por vnwepTées eviomres.’ 


Tov be éy oyvOnoas moocé avo _ sence | 
a i ks! yrour TR se UR g 3 ed 

CNT \ 54 sao wv 
HOedov ebv’ ota: avadnbe auto covres. oe on 


as 8° oor’ év EvdOy@ édados Kparepoio AéovTos 835 


\ / / \ 
veBpovs Koilunoaca venyevéas yaraOnvods 
Kynpovs é&epénot Kal ayKea ToimevTta 

4 c 6’ 4 e\ ; HM 
Bocxopéevn, 0 0’ Erretta énv eiaondrvbev evvyr, 
> / be al b] / U bt ie! 
GupoTEepocl O€ ToicW aeElKéa TOTMOV édhxer, 


a \ / f 
as ’Oducevs Kelvoiow aeikéa TroTpoV édycet. 840 


at yap, Zed te watep Kal ’"AOnvain kat "AmodXor, 
al 3A i > D> / eee. | / 
Tolos éwv olos mor’ évetipévn evi AéoBo 
€& Epidos Piropnrcldn érddaicey avactas, 
Kad 8’ &Bare Kpatepas, Kexdpovto dé mavtes ’Ayxauol, 
n a © 
Tolos éwv pvnoThpow omirnceev ’Odvaceds* B45 
/ / 
mavTes K @Kvpmopol Te yevolaTo TiKpdyapol Te. 
n a > x 
tavta 8 & pw eipwrds Kal Nicceat, ovK ay éyw ye 
> / 
adra tape& elroiuus Tapaxdoov, ovd’ ataTyicw’ 
\ 
aANa TA pév pot Eevrre yépwv AdLos vEewepTys, 
TaY ovdéy ToL éy@ KptArw Eros ovd’ émriKevoo. - 850 
Aiyirt@ pw étt Sedpo Oeol pewawta véec Oat 
éoyov, érel ov obw epeEa TeAnécoas ExaTouPBas. 
[ot 8’ aiel Bovrovto Oeoi pepvncbar ehetpéwr. | 
n 4 / + 4 > f 
Vijcos eTeiTa Tis EoTL TOAVKAVGT@ evi TOVT@ 


THE ODYSSEY, IV. . 121 


eyes, or heard the story from some wayfarer ; for to ex- 
ceeding grief his mother bore him. Out of regard for me 
use no mild word nor yield to pity, but tell me just how 
you had sight of him. I do entreat you, if ever my father, 
good Odysseus, in word or deed kept covenant with you in 
that land of the Trojans where you Achaians suffered, be 
mindful of it now; tell me the very truth.” 

Then, deeply moved, said light- haired Nisiplace 
“Heavens! So in a very brave man’s bed they sought to 
lie, the weaklings! As when in the den of a strong lion 
a hind has laid asleep her new-born sucking fawns, then 
roams the slopes and grassy hollows seeking food, and by 
and by into his lair the lion comes, and on both hind and 
fawns brings ghastly doom; so shall Odysseus bring on 
them a ghastly doom. Ah, father Zeus, Athene, and 
Apollo! if with the power he showed one day in stately 
Lesbos, when he rose and wrestled in a match with Philo- 
meleides, and down he threw him heavily, while the Achai- 
ans all rejoiced —if as he was that day, Odysseus now 
might meet the suitors, they all would find quick turns of 
fate and bitter rites of marriage. But as to what you 
ask with such entreaty, I will not turn and talk of other 
things, deceiving you; but everything that the unerring 
_ old man of the sea told me, in not a word will I disguise 
or hide from you. 

“At the river of Egypt, eager as I was to hasten hither, 
the gods still held me back, because I did not make the 
offerings due ; and the gods wish us ever to be mindful of 
their precepts. Now in the dashing sea an island lies, 


122 OAYSSEIAS A. 


/ 
Aiyirrov mpotrapoiWe, Papov Sé € KiKAjoKOVCL, 
r 4 S sce / x \ a 
Toacov avev0’ docov Te Tavnpepin yAadupy vyds 
Hvucev, H Auyds odpos émumveinow OriaOev: 
\ n >/ 
ev dé ALyuHY eVoppos, BOev T amo vijas éicas 
/ cf 
és movtov Baddovew, advocdpevor pérav bdwp. 
év0a wv éelxoow Hat exov Ocol, obSé ToT’ ovpos 
7 ARS et rn 
mvelovtes paivovO’ adiaées, of pa Te vnaV 
Lal lal / 
moumnes ylyvovtar ém’ evpéa vata Garacons. 
! Y + / U 6 \ Ae gS 5 te 
Kat vv Kev Hia TavTa KaTEepOiTo Kal pEvEe AVOPwY, 
lal / ? U 
el un tis pe Oey OrNOPUpaToO Kal p’ ETawce, 
IIparéos ifOiuov Ovyarnp, adiowo yépovTos, 
Eido0én. tH yap pa pardiota ye Ovuov dpa, 
/ 
4% pw ol Eppovts cuvyvteto voodw étaipwr* 
» PY \ \ an > , 3 Q /, 
aiel yap tepl vicov ada@pevor ixOvdacKoy 
a , 
‘yvauTrrois ayKiotpovow,. ererpe Sé€ yaorépa ALpos. 
e J > ‘al BA La] 4 / / ‘ 
n 8’ €ued ayxys oTaca eros hato dwvncty Te* 
a / 
pyres eis, ® Ecive, Ninv Tocov nde yaridpor, 
9 , aes / t ” / 
he éxov peOles Kal Téprrear Gdyea Tacyxwv ; 
e A 7 9) aN / : ee > / / 
as 5 60° évi viow épvxeat, ovdé TL Téxuwp 
e / 4 7 Ul > e / 
evpéuevar Svvacat, pide. Sé Tou HTop étvalipwv. 
a BA > es, > F b i a 
as ébat, avTap éyo pw apeBdomuevos mpocéevTrov' 
€x pév ToL épéw, TIS OV Tép éaor Oedwr, 
ws éyo ov TL Ex@Y KaTEpUKOMal, GAXd VU MéArw 
10 ‘ > / «A > \ > \ ” 
alavatovs aditécOat, of ovpavov edpdy éyovow. 
GNA ov Tép por eimré, Oeot Sé Te Tavta icacw, 
bs tis wp abavatov redda Kal eénoe KerevOou, 
¢ a 
voorov 0’, ws él mrovtov éredcopat iyOvoevTa. 
&s épaunv, } 8 avrix’ apelBero Sia Oedwv* 
a 4 
Tovyap éy Tot, Ecive, wan atpexéws ayopetoo. 
mwnreital Tis Sedpo yépwv aALos vnmepTys, 


870 


875 


THE ODYSSEY, IV. 123 


off the Egyptian coast — Pharos they call it — distant as 
far as a hollow ship runs in a full day’s sail when a 
whistling wind blows after. By it there lies a bay with a 
good anchorage, from which they send the trim ships off 
to sea, supplying them with the dark water. Here the 
gods kept me twenty days; not once the winds appeared 
that blow along the sea and serve the ships as pilots on 
the broad ocean-ridges. So all my stores would have been 
spent and my men’s courage, had not a certain goddess 
pitied and preserved me. This was Kidothea, the daugh- 
ter of mighty Proteus, the old man of the sea; for I 
deeply touched her heart as she met me on my solitary 
way, parted from my companions; for they were ever 
roaming round the island, fishing with crooked hooks, and 
hunger pinched their bellies. She, drawing near me, 
spoke and thus she said: ‘Are you so very helpless, 
stranger, and unnerved, or do you purposely give way, 
taking a pleasure in your pains? So long you have been 
pent within the island, unable to discover an escape, while 
fainter grows the courage of your comrades.’ 

“So she spoke, and answering her I said: ‘Then let me 
tell you, whatsoever goddess you may be, that I am held 
here through no will of mine, but I must have offended 
the immortals, who hold the open sky. Rather tell me — 
for gods know all—which of the immortals chains me 
here and bars my progress ; and tell me of my homeward 
way, how I may pass along the swarming sea.’ 

“So I spoke, and straight the heavenly goddess an- 
swered: ‘Then I will tell you, stranger, very plainly. 
There haunts this place a certain old man of the sea, un- 


124 OAYSSEIAS A. 


abdvatos IIpwreds Aiyirtios, 6s te Oardoons 
maons BévOea oide, Iocevddwvos brroduws: 

\ , ’ > / i Rae »O\ / 
tov 5é€ 7 éuov dacw matép’ Eupevar HOE TexécOar. 
Tov ¥ el Tas ov dvvato Aoynodpevos NeAaBEcPaL, 
4 / > eoy\ \ / vd 
ds Kév ToL elnow oodv Kal péTpa KedevOov 

Ul % id > \ / vA > / 
vootov 0°, ws éml movtTov édevocat tyOvoevTa. 
kal 5€ Ké ToL elmnat, Svotpedes, al x €0éEAnoOa, 
Srre Tou ev peydpowct Kaxov T aya0ov Te TéTUKTAL, 

> / / \ eOo\ > / 
oixouévoto céBev Soduyny odov apyadénv Te. 

a 4 ? “Bian. 9.2% > , , ‘ 
&s épat, avtap éyd pw apeiBopuevos mpocéeitrov* 
“ + a / \ f / / 

auTn vov ppatev ov Oxo elo yépovTos, 

, / #O\ >\ \ > / 
pn ToS pe Tpoid@v Hé Tpodacis GénTaL: 
dpyanéos yap T éotl Beds Bpot@ avbpi Saphvar. 
as édaunv, 4% 8° adtix’ apueiBero dia Oeawv- 

\ > / a Pay Sot eae / > VA 
Touyap éy@ ToL, Ecive, wad aTpEeKews ayopevao. 
9 
huos 8’ HédALos pécov ovpavov aupiBeBrKer 

a re ee ey \ 9S f ¢ ‘\ 
Thos ap é& ados clot yépwv Gros vnmEpTNS 
avon ito Zedtpowo, peraivyn dpixl carvOets, 
éx 8’ €Oov Koimatar brd orrécot yAadupotow,* 
apd S€ pw ddKat vérrodes Kadhs adroobdrvns 

/ A nr 
aOpoar ebdovow, Toduns ados éEavadicat, 
TiKpov amomvelovcat ados TrodvBevOéos ddunv. 

x > ee tee, § 2 nm C Mie Meee Be.) f 
év0a ao éyav ayayotoa ay jot hawopevnpy, 

bd] / e / \ b ] 2 U e / 
evvaow é£eins: od 6’ év KpivacBat éETaipous 
Tpels, of ToL Tapa vnvaoly évacéApololW ApioTOL 

/ t Se > , lal A 
mavrTa € Tot épew OAOhwLA Toto yépoVToS. 
/, lal 
Poxas pév Tor Tp@Tov apiOunoer Kal erevow" 

> \ > \ / / > yy 
avuTap émnv Tacas TeuTacceTat Noe LOnTat, 

/ > / ; 

NéFerar ev pécoyot, vopeds HS TwETL pHAwD. 

\ ‘ > \ \ la 

Tov pev érnv 52) Tpata Katrevynbévta idnobe, 


THE ODYSSEY, IV. 125 


erring and immortal, Proteus of Egypt, who knows the 
depths of every sea, and is Poseidon’s minister. He is, 
they say, my father, who begot me. If you could only lie 
in wait and seize on him, he would tell you of your course, 
the stages of your journey, and of your homeward way, 
how you may pass along the swarming sea. And he 
could tell you, heaven-descended, man, if you desired, all 
that has happened at your home, of good or ill, while you 
have wandered on your long and toilsome journey.’ 

“‘So she spoke, and answering her I said: ‘ Do you in- 
struct me how to lie in wait for the old god, lest he fore- 
seeing or foreknowing may escape. Hard is a god for 
mortal man to master.’ | 

“So I spoke, and straight the heavenly goddess an- 
swered: ‘Then I will tell you, stranger, very plainly. 
When now the sun has reached mid-heaven, forth from the 
water comes the unerring old man of the sea, at a puff of 
the west wind and veiled in the dark ripple. And when 
come forth, he lays him down within the hollow caves; 
while round him seals, the brood of a fair sea nymph, 
huddle and sleep, on rising from the foaming water, and 
pungent is the scent they breathe of the unfathomed sea. 
There will I bring you at the dawn of day, and lay you in 
the line. Meantime do you choose carefully for comrades 
the three best men you have among the well-benched ships. 
And I will tell you all the old man’s magic arts. First he 
will count the seals and go their round; and when he has 
told them off by fives and found them all, he will lie down 
amongst them, like a shepherd with his flock. As soon as 


you see him laid to rest, then summon all your might and 
10 | 


126 OAYSSEIAS A. 


Kal tor ered’ buiv peréto KapTtos Te Bin Te, 415 
aio. 8’ éyew peuadra Kal éootpevov trep arv&au. 
mavTa dé yiyvowevos TeipHoetat, boo emi yatav 

épmeta yiyvovtas kal twp Kal Oeoridaés Tip* 

ipeis 8’ doteuhéws eyéwev waddov te mele. 

GAN Ore Kev On o& avTos avelpnta éréecot, 420 
Tolos €wv olov Ke Katevynbévta tdnabe, 

kal toTe 8) oxécOar Te Bins Adoal TE yépovTa, 

pws, elperOar Sé Gedy Os Ths ce yanrér ret, 

vootov 0’, ws éml movtov édetocat iyOvdevTa. 

ds elrrove’ wrod TovTov édvceTO KUpalvoyTa. 425 
avtap éyov éml vijas, 60’ éoracay év Wapd0oow, 

Hua: Toa Sé pot Kpadin mopdupe KLOVTL. 

avtap érel p éml vna KatndrvOov 7b Odraccar, 
Séprov 0’ omdcdpecO’, eri 7 HrvOev auBpocin vvé: 
8) tore KouunOnpev él pynypive Caraoons. 430 
jyuos 8 jpuyévera bavn pododaxturos ’Hos, 

kal rote 8) mapa Oiva Oardcons evpuTdpoto 

Hua ToAAa Oeods youvotpevoss avTap EéTaipous 

Tpeis ayov, olav wdduota teTrolBea waaay én’ Ov». 
Todpa 8’ ap’ iy broddca Oardoons evpéa KOoATrOV, 485 
téccapa dwxdev éx movrov Séppar évevke: 

rdvra §’ écav veddapta: Sddrov 8’ émeundeto Trarpl. 
ebvas 8° év rapdbowcs Suayrdypac’ adinow 

foto pévovc’* ters S€ para oyeddy HOopev avTis: 
é£eins 8’ ebynoe, Badrev 8’ él Séppa éexdoTo. 440 
&vOa Kev aivdtaros AOYos erdeTO. Teipe yap alvas 
doxdwv aduotpepéwy ddowTaTos odun. 

tis yap K eivadim Tapa Kyrei KouunOeln ; 

GN aith écawoe Kal éfpacato péy svetap* 


THE ODYSSEY, IV. 127 


main and hold him fast, although he strive and struggle 
to be free. He will attempt to take the shape of whatso- 
ever moves on earth, of water even, and heaven-kindled 
fire ; yet hold unflinchingly and clasp the faster. But when 
at length he questions you in his own shape, — in the same 
shape as when you saw him sleeping, — then, hero, cease 
from violence and set the old. man free, but ask what 
god afflicts you, and ask about your homeward way, how _ 
you may pass along the swarming sea.’ 

“Saying this, she plunged into the surging sea. So to 
the ships which lay along the sands I turned away, and as 
I went, often my heart grew dark. But when I came 
down to the ship and to:the sea, and we had made our 
supper, and the immortal night was come, we laid us down 
upon the beach. Then as the early rosy-fingered Dawn 
appeared, along the shore of the wide-stretching sea I went 
with many supplications to the gods. I took three com- 
rades with me, men whom I trusted most in every under- 
taking. 

“‘ She, in the mean time, having plunged into the sea’s 
broad bosom, brought from the deep four skins of seals; 
all were fresh-flayed; and she prepared the plot against 
her father. She had scooped hollows in the sands, and 
sat awaiting us; near her we drew; she made us all lie 
down in order and threwa skin on each. Then might our 
ambuscade have proved a hard one; for the pestilent 
stench of the sea-born seals oppressed us sorely. And 
who would make his bed with a creature of the sea? But 
she preserved us and contrived for us great ease. Under 


128 OAYSSEIAS A. 


apBpocinv bird piva éxactm One hépovoa 
nov pada Tvelovcay, Orecoe SE KHTEOS Odprp. 
macav 5 noinv pévouev TeTAnOTL Ove: 
daar 8 €& dros HAOov dodrrées. al pev ErrerTa 
éEns evvalovto mapa pynypive Oadacons: 
évdios 8 6 yépwv HAO” €& ards, edpe Sé hoxas 
tatpehéas, maoas 8° ap’ ém@yeto, déxTo 8° apiOwov. 
év 5’ huéas mporovs Aéye KNTETW, OVSE TL OUW@ 
wicOn Sorov elvas: éretta Sé AEKTO Kal avTos. 
nets S¢ idyovres erected’, audi Sé yeipas 
Barropev: ovd’ o yépmv Sorins éredjOeTo Téyvys, 
> > #4 4 / / > 52 / 
aGAX 1 TOL TPWTLGTA AEwWY YEVET NUYEVELOS, 

> 4 / \ , > / fel 
avTap érevta Spdxwov Kal wapdadis HOé péyas ods" 
ylyvero 8° bypov Bdwp Kai dSévdpeov irpitrérnrov. 

¢ tal > > / 4 / a 
nets 8° aotewhéws Eyouery TeTAnOTL Ouse. 
Gr ote 54 p’ avial’ o yépwv drodaia cides, 
Kal ToTe OH pe éréeoow aveipopmevos TpocéerTre* 
tis vv Tol, "Atpéos vie, Dewy cupdppdocato Bovdrds, 
bg > >/ / / / 
dppa p’ Eros aéxovta Aoynodpevos ; Téo oe YPN ; 
Hs épat’, adtap eyo piv aperBdopuevos mpocéerTrov: 
oicOa, yépov, Ti we TadTa Tapatpotréwy épecivers ; 
e \ 4Q*> 3 \ / Ps 7Q/ / 
as 6n 670 evi vnow épvKopat, ovdé TL Téxpwwop 
etpéuevar Stvapat, wwier Sé pot evdobev Hrop. 
ara ov Tép poe eitré, Deol Sé te mavTa icacw, 
ds tis pw’ GBavdtwv tredaa Kal ence KerevOov, 

4 > ¢ POS" / s ? f 
vootov 8’, ws éml rovTov édetoopat iyOvoevTa. 
a > / c ? Sy EO / Ul 
ws épaunv, o dé pw’ avdtix’ awevBouevos mpocéertrev® 
GAA pan wpherres Ail 7 adroLow Te Oeoict 
péEas lepa Kar’ avaBawévev, dbpa Tayvora 
ony és tatpid’ txowo mréwv ert olvoTa TovTov. 


470 


THE ODYSSEY, IV. 129 


the nose of each, she set ambrosia, very sweet of smell, and 
this destroyed the creature’s stench. So all the morning 
did we wait, with patient hearts. At last the seals came 
trooping from the sea, and soon lay down in order on the 
beach. At noon the old man came from the sea, found 
his fat seals, went over all, and told their number, telling 
us first among the creatures, and never in his heart sus- 
pected there was fraud. At ‘length he too lay down. ~ 
Then with a shout we sprang and threw our arms about 
him, and the old man did not forget his crafty arts: but 
first he turned into a bearded lion, then into a dragon, 
leopard, and huge boar; he turned into liquid water, into 
a branching tree ; still we held firm, with patient hearts. 
But when the old man at last grew weary, skilful though 
he was in wiles, in open speech he questioned me and said: 

“¢ Which of the gods, O son of Atreus, aided your plot 
to seize me here against my will, by ambuscade? What 
would you have?’ 

“‘So he spoke, and answering him [ said: ‘You know, 
old man, —why turn me off with such a question? — how I 
am long pent in this island, unable to discover an escape, 
while fainter grows my heart within. Rather tell me— 
for gods know all—which of the immortals chains me 
here and bars my progress, and tell me of my homeward 
way, how I may pass along the swarming sea.’ 

_ “So I spoke, and straightway answering me said he: 
‘Nay, but to Zeus and to the other gods you should have 
made good offerings on setting forth, if you would quickly 
reach your native land, sailing the wine-dark sea ; for now 


130 OAYSSEIAS A. 


; A / e.. e 
ov ydp Tou mplyv poipa dirous tT idéew Kal ixécOat 
olxoy évxtivevov Kal onv és watpida yaiar, 

/ oie 2 et ROE 4 / a 
amply y ot dv Aiytrroo, Sumeréos totapoio, 
avtis VOwp EXOns péEns 0 iepas ExaTouBas 
aBavatoist Oeotct, Tol oipavoy evpdy Exovat* 

\ 4 / fo \ \ \ a 
Kal Tote Tol dw@covow odov Deol, tv ov pevowdas. 
&s ébar’, avtap euol ye KatexdhacOn pirov Hrop, 
otveKd pW avTis avwyev em nepoeidéa TrovToV 

c 

Aiyurrrovd’ iévat, Soduyny oddv apyadény Te. 
> \ \ iA 4 > U , 
GAA Kal Os pu Errecow aperBopevos Tpocéeutrov: 

fal \ iA \ / / ¢ \ / 
TavTa pev oUTw On TEAEW, Yépov, WS GV KEdEVELS. 
GAN’ dye por TOOE eimré Kal aTpeKéws KaTareFor, 
) TavtTes avy vnvoly amnpoves 7Oov ’Ayatol, 
ods Néotwp kal éy® Alrropev Tpoinber iovres, 
HE Tis MDreT OAEOpM adevKEeL Hs el vNOs, 
ne pirwv év yepoly, érel modeuov ToAUTEUCED. 
a > / ¢ / ? pees fe Big / 
ws épaunv, o dé pw avTix’ aperBopuevos tpocéertrev* 
‘Atpeidn, th pe Tadta Sielpear ; oddé Ti oe ypr 

a / 
iSuevat, ovdé Sahvar éwov voov ovdé oé dyut 
\ a ” > / > 5 / / 
dnv adkNavtov éceoOa, éret « ed TavTa TONAL. 
Tool pev yap Tov ye Sapev, ToAXOl Sé AizrovTo* 
> A > 9 4, nr > J lal / 
apxot 8 ab v0 pobdvor Ayady yadkoyttovev 
> / > / / \ \ a * 
€v vooT@ amrodovTo: payn bé Te Kal ov rraphcOa. 
ef \ 4 J , 
els 5° ért trou fwds Kateptxetar evpée TovT@. 
Aias meév peta vnvol ddpun Sorvynpétpoor. 
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Tuphoiv pw pata Ioceddwv érédacce 

/ 

TETpHOW peydArAnot, Kal éEerdwoe Oadacons* 

/ 4 rn / 
Kat vv Kev éxhuye Khpa, Kal éyOouevos mep "AOnvn, 

> \ ¢€ 
el pn UTepdiadov Erros éxBare Kal wey aan: 

(¢ Ml> Cele lal a 

gH p aexnte Ocav huyéew péya Aaitwa Oardoons. 


495 


THE ODYSSEY, IV. 131 


it is not permitted you to see your friends and reach your 
stately house and native land until you come again to 
Egypt’s waters, to its heaven-descended stream, and offer 
sacred hecatombs to the immortal gods who hold the open 
sky. Then shall the gods grant you the course which you 
desire.’ 

*“‘ As he spoke thus, my very soul was crushed within me 
because he bade me cross again the misty sea and go to - 
Egypt’s river, a long and weary way. Yet still I answered 
thus and said: ‘Old man, all that you bid me I will do. 
Only declare me this and plainly tell, did all the Achai- 
ans with their ships return unharmed, whom Nestor and I 
left on our setting forth from Troy? Or did men die 
by grievous death at sea, or in the arms of friends when 
the skein of war was wound?’ 

“So I spoke, and straightway answering me said he: 
‘O son of Atreus, why question me of this? Well were 
it that you should not see nor comprehend my knowledge. 
I think you will not long be free from tears after you 
clearly learn of all. Yes, many were cut off and many 
spared. Of leaders, only two among the mailed Achaians 
died on the journey home — as for the battle; you yourself 
were there — and one, still living, lingers yet somewhere 
on the wide sea. Ajax was lost, he and his long-oared 
ships. At first Poseidon brought him to the great rocks 
of Gyrai and saved him from the sea. And so he might 
have escaped his doom, though hated by Athene, had he 
not uttered overweening words, puffed up with pride ; for 
he said he had escaped the great gulf of the sea in spite of 


132 OAYSSEIAS A. 


tov Oé IIocevdawv peyaN éxdvev avdynoavros* 505 
» ee! ee / ¢ \ \ A 
avtix érevta tplawav édav yxepol otiBaphow 
BA / / b] \ > ] / 
nrace I'vpainy wétpny, aro 8 éoxioev avTnv’ 
\ \ > / ee \ \ ue 7 / 
Kal TO wey avTdO peive, TO SE TpUdos Eutrece TOVTY, 
me Se Ai, \ a > £6 “OG ee OY 3 a) é 
To p Alas TO mpa@Tov epelomevos péy’ aacOn 
tov 6° épopes Kata mévtTov amelpova Kupaivoyta. 510 
&s 0 pév vO" amddwrev, érel riev dduupov Ddwp. 
aos O€ ov éxdhuye Kijpas adeAdeds 75° trddvEev 
év vnvol yadbuphot: cdwoe 5é rorya” Hpn. 
GAN’ bre 6) Tay’ Euchre Manrevdwv bpos aind 
i€ecOar, roTe 54 yuv avaprataca Ovedra 515 
Ul se > / / / / 
movtov én txOvoevta hépev peyada orevaxovTa, 
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aypov é@ éayatujv, 60. SHpata vaie Ovéorns 
\ \ > / ‘AP per / BA 
TO Tpl, aTap TOT évate Oveotiadns AiyiaOos. 
Grn’ Ste 87 Kal KeiOev éedaivero vootos aTnpor, 
ayy 5é Ocol odpov otpépav, Kab olxad’ ixovto, 520 
> c \ / b / / + 
Tol Oo wev Yalpwv émeBnoeto Tratpidos ains, 
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eloe NOyov, ErépwOt 8’ aveyer Saira mévecOa. 
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avTap 6 Bh Kkaréwv ’Ayapéuvova, Toupéva hawr, 
¢ \ Ff 2 td / 
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tov 8° ovK eiddr’ dAcOpov avnyaye, Kal KaTéTrepve 


THE ODYSSEY, IV. 133 


gods. Poseidon heard his haughty boasting and straight- 
way, grasping the trident in his sturdy hands, he smote 
the rock of Gyrai, splitting it open. One part held to its 
place ; the. broken piece fell in the sea. Now upon this 
Ajax at first had sat, puffed up with pride. It bore him 
down into the boundless surging deep. So there he died, 
when he drank the briny water. . 

“* Your brother had escaped his doom and come with 
safety, he and his hollow ships; for powerful Heré saved 
him. But when he was about to reach the steep height 
of Maleia, a sweeping storm bore him once more. along 
the swarming sea, loudly lamenting, to the boundaries of 
that country where Thyestes dwelt in former days, but 
where now dwelt Thyestes’ son, Aigisthos. And when his 
course from this point on seemed clear of danger, and the 
gods changed the wind about and home they came, then 
truly with rejoicing he trod his country’s soil, and kissed 
and clasped that soil; and from him many hot tears fell, 
because he saw the land with gladness. But from a watch- 
tower did a watchman spy him, whom wily Aigisthos 
posted there, promising him for pay two golden talents. 
He had been keeping guard throughout the year, lest un- 
observed the king might pass and try the force of arms. 
He hurried to the house to tell the shepherd of the people, 
and soon Aigisthos planned his treacherous craft. Select- 
ing twenty of the bravest in the land, he laid an ambush ; 
and across the hall he bade that a feast be spread. Then 
he went to welcome Agamemnon, the shepherd of the 
people, with horses and with chariots, while meditating 
crimes. He led him up unheeding to his death and slew 


134 OAYSSEIAS A. 


/ \ / 
Seurviccas, @s Tis Te KaTéxtave Bovy ért parvy. 
é c 
ovdé Tus "AtpeiSew Erdpwv XimreO’ of of ExovTo, 
ovdé Tus AlyicOov, GAN exrabev év peyaporow. 
s 
&s épar’, avrap ewol ye KatexrAdcOn pirov Hrop, 

a 4 
kraiov §’ év Wapabovcr Kabjpevos, ove VY por Kip 
HON ere Cwoew Kat opav aos Hedéiovo. 
abtap émel Kralwv Te KvAWdOpeEvos TE KopécOnv, 
5) Tore pe Tpocéere yépwv Gdvos vnwEpTHs* 

/ > / e\ \ / > \ Ld 
unkéri, “Atpéos vie, Toddv xpovoy aoKedes OUT 
Krai’, rel ovk avuciy twa Snopevs GAA TayLoTa 
meipa Smws Kev &1) anv Tatpida yatav ixnat. 

Xx lA / / + "Oo / 
) yap pw Cwodv ye Kiyjoear, ) Kev "Opeorns 
KTeivev UTropOdpuevos: od Sé Kev Tapou avTiBorjoass. 
&s ébar’, abtap éuol xpadin Kal Ovpos aynvwp 
9 re," AG \ > / ,7 Q 
adtis évl otnOecot Kal ayvupevm ep LavOn: 
kal pw hovncas rea TrepdevTa Tpocnvdowv. 
Tovtous pev 6) olda* ov dé TpiTov avdp’ ovopate, 
bs Tis ett Cwods KaTepvKeTat evpés TrOVT@ 
[née Oavev: é0ér\w Sé kal ayvipevds ep axovoat). 
a > / e / ? > } te > , / 
@s ébaynv, o dé pw adtix’ dpevBopwevos mpocéerTrev* 
vids Aaéptew, “Il0dnn év oixia vaiwv: 
tov 8° idov év vnow Oarepdv Kata Sdxpv xéovTa, 
4 La 
Nvpons év peyapowst Kadvwovs, } pw avayrn 
v a er , , A ee : 
layet: o 8’ ov Svvatat tv matpida yaiav ixéc@at* 
ov yap ol mdpa vies emrjpeTmor Kal éraipot, 
¢ / a 
of Kév pu tréutrovev er’ evpéa vata Oaddcons. 
\ 
col 5’ ov Oécdarov éott, Svotpedés ®@ Mevédae, 
wv A > e f / / > a 
pyet év immoBot@ Oavéew kal Twotpov érioteiv, 
> / > 
ard o és "Hddcwov wediov cal teipara yains 
> , / 
aBavaror tréurapoucw, 661 EavOds ‘“Paddpavbvs, 


THE ODYSSEY, IV. 135 


him feasting, as one cuts the ox down in the stall. Not a 
man was left who followed the son of Atreus, nor one 
who followed Aigisthos ; all died within the hall.’ 

‘As he thus spoke, my very soul was crushed within me, 
and sitting on the sands I fell to weeping; and now my 
heart no longer cared to live or see the sunshine. But 
when of weeping and of writhing. I had had my fill, then 
thus began the unerring old man of the sea: ‘Do not, O 
son of Atreus, long and unceasingly thus weep, because we 
know there is no remedy. Seek rather with all speed to 
reach your native land; for either you will find Aigisthos 
still alive, or Orestes will have slain him, so forestalling 
you, and you might join the funeral feast.’ 

“So he spoke, and the heart and sturdy spirit in my 
breast, grieved as I was, again grew warm ; and speaking 
to him in winged words [ said: ‘Of these men then I 
know, but name the third who lingers still alive on the 
wide sea; or be he dead, spite of my grief, I fain would 
hear.’ 

“So I spoke, and straightway answering me said he: 
‘It is Laértes’ son, who dwells in Ithaka. I saw him on an 
island, letting the big tears fall, in the halls of the nymph 
Kalypso, who holds him there by force. No power has he 
to reach his native land, for he has no ships fitted with 
oars, nor crews to bear him over the broad ocean-ridges. 
As for yourself, heaven-favored Menelaos, it is not God’s 
decree that you should die and meet your doom in grazing 
Argos; but to the Elysian plain and the earth’s limits the 
immortal gods shall bear you, where fair-haired Rhada- 


136 OAYSSEIAS A. 


Th wep pniorn Biot? wéret avOparroow* 


ov videtos, oT ap yeyswv ToAvs ovTe ToT’ duBpos, 


Grn aici Zehvporo Auyd mvelovtos antas 
b \ > / > / > / 
Qreavos avinow avarpvyew avOpwrovs, 
ovver’ eyes “Edévnv cal ow yapBpos Atos éoot. 
/ 
@s el7@v vTd TovToy édviceTO KUpaivoyTa. 
> \ > \ > a we 9) > / e / 
avTap éyav él vias dw avtiBéows Erdpowow 
Hla, TOAAA Sé poe Kpadim Topdupe KLOVTL. 
avTap érei p’ éml via KatnrOopev 7d¢ Oadraccar, 


Soptov 0° omdicdpedO’, eri tT HAVO auBpocin vvé: 


57 ToTe KouunOnwev ert pynypive Oaddoons. 
Hos 8° Hpryévera avn pododaxturos ’Has, 
vias pév Taptpwrov épvocapev eis Gra Siar, 
3 2% ® \ / e / ‘ s/ 
év 5° tatovs TiWWémecOa Kal iotia vynvolv éions’ 
dv 8 Kal avtol Bavtes emt Krmiow xabifov: 
éEns 8° éfouevor Trodujy ada ToTTOV épeTpois. 
ay 8° eis Aiytrroo, Sumeréos rotapoio, 

A , Yd i f e ft 
oThoa véas, Kal épeka Ternéooas éExaTouBas. 

5 \ > / n , 7\ x7 
auTap émel KaTérravoa Oedy yodov aiév éovTar, 
xed "Ayapéuvove thpBov, tv deBeotov Kréos ely. 
TavTa TedeuvTHoas veouny, Sidocav Sé pot ovpov 
aBavatot, Tol w aka pirnv és tratpid’ ereprpav. 
> ’ + a 3 / > / >] Lad 
arr aye viv éripewov évi peyadpoicw epwoiow, 
D4 e / / , 
odpa Kev éEvdeKaTn Te Suw@dEKaTH TE YEevNTaL* 
kal ToTe o ed Tréurpw, S@ow Sé Tor ayrAad Sapa 
tpels tmrmovs Kat Sippov évEoovs aitap éreita 
docw Kadov adrecov, va orévdnoba Oeoiow 
aOavaros, éuéev peyvnévos uata tava.’ 

Tov 8’ ab Tnréuayos temvupévos avtlov nda: 
’ 
‘’Arpelén, pity Sn pe Troddv xpdvov évOad’ Epuke. 


565 


570 


575 


THE ODYSSEY, IV. 137 


manthus dwells. Here utterly at ease passes the life of 
men. No snow is here, no winter long, no rain, but the 
loud-blowing breezes of the west Okeanos sends up only 
to bring men coolness ; for you have Helen, and are in the 
eyes of gods the son-in-law of Zeus.’ 

“Saying this, he plunged into the surging sea, and I 
with my gallant men turned to our ships; and as I went 
often my heart grew dark. But when we came down to 
the ship and to the sea, and we had made our supper, and 
the immortal night was come, we laid us down upon the 
beach. Then as the early rosy-fingered Dawn appeared, 
we in the first place launched our ships into the sacred sea, 
we put the mast and sails in the trim ships, the men — 
embarked themselves, took places at the pins, and, sitting 
in order, smote the foaming water with their oars. So 
back again to Egypt’s waters, to its heaven - descended 
stream, I set my ships, and made the offerings due. And 
after appeasing the anger of the gods that live forever, I 
raised a mound to Agamemnon, in order that his fame 
might never die. This done, I sailed away, and the gods 
gave a breeze and brought me swiftly to my native land. 
But come, remain awhile here at my hall, until eleven or 
twelve days pass. Then I will send you forth with honor 
and give you splendid gifts, three horses and a polished 
ear. Moreover, I will give a goodly chalice, that as you ® 
pour libations to the immortal gods you may be mindful 
all your days of me.” 

Then answered him discreet Telemachos: “O son of 
Atreus, keep me no long time here, though for a year I 


138 OAYSSEIAS A. 


/ ’ > > \ ; ee D. -- 
Kal yap K eis éviavTov éym Tapa col y’ dveyoluny 59% 
4 »O/ , > y U4 2O\ , 
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TépTrowat. GAN Hdn por avidtovow éraipor 
év ITvA@ nryaben: od &é pe ypovov évOad’ épvxers. 
Sapov & Srru Ké pou Soins, Keyunrov ecto: 600 
immous 5° eis “L0dnnv ob akopat, adda ool aite 
évOdbe Netw ayadpa: od yap tediovo avdcces 
evpéos, @ vt pwev AWTOS Todds, év Sé KUTrELpOV 
/ / Panes > \ a / 
mupol te feral Te 1d’ edpudves Kpi AevKov. 
év 8° [0dxn ovr Ap Spopor edpées ote Te Neymw@vs 605 
> / \ nm > / e / 
aiyiBoros, Kal padXov érnpatos immoPoro.o. 
ov yap Tis VHowWY immTHAaTOS Ovd’ EevAEiWwD, 
ai 8 adi Kexrlatar: "I0dnn Sé te Kal wep racéwv.’ 
“Ds dato, peldnoev 5€ Bony ayabos Mevédaos, 
xerpi TE pv KaTépeEev Erros 7 Eat ex 7 dvopater. 610 
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& af / P }: > 20 aN / 5 FF ? 
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“Qs ot pév TovadTa pos GAAHAOVS aydpevor, 620 
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ot 5 %yov pev phra, hépov 8 edyjvopa oivor: 
aitov Sé of GroxXoL KaAdKpHSEmVOL ErreuTrOV. 
&s of ev ep Setrvov évi peydpoiot trévovTo, 


THE ODYSSEY, IV. 139 


well could bear to tarry, and not a wish for home or 
parents ever would cross me; for I find a wonderful 
pleasure in hearing your tales and talk. But already 
friends at sacred Pylos are uneasy, and you still hold me 
here. As for the gift that you would give, pray let it be 
some keepsake. Horses I will not take to Ithaka, but I 
will leave them here— to you, an honor; for you rule 
over open plains, where lotus is abundant, marsh-grass 
and corn and rye, and the white broad-eared barley. In 
Ithaka there are no open runs, no meadows; a land for 
goats, and pleasanter than grazing country. Not one of 
the islands is a place to drive a horse, none has good 
meadows, of all that rest upon the sea ; Ithaka least of all.” 

He spoke, and Menelaos, good at the war-cry, smiled, 
patted him with his hand, and spoke thus, saying : 

“Of noble blood you are, dear child, as your words 
show. Yes, I will make the change, for well I can. 
Out of the gifts stored in my house as keepsakes I will 
give the thing most beautiful and precious; I will give a 
well-wrought bowl. It is of solid silver, its rim finished 
with gold, the work of Hephaistos. To me lord Phaidi- 
mos, the king of the Sidonians, gave it, when his house 
once received me upon my homeward way. This I will 
gladly give you.” 

So ran their talk with one another. And now the 
guests came to the palace of the noble king. Men drove 
up sheep, and brought the cheering wine, and their veiled 
wives sent bread. Thus were they busied with the feast 
throughout the halls. 


140 OAYSSEIAS A. 


a \ / > a / 
pvnorhpes Sé mapowev "Odvachos peydpo.o 626 
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> } / > an 5° ” 4 >, 
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trois 8° vids Ppoviowe Nonpov éyyi0ev édOav 630 
/ 
"Avrivooy piOocw averpopevos tpocéeitrev* 
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a / 
ommote Tnréuayos veir éx IIvdov nuaboertos ; 
via mo olyer aywv: euée S€ ypew yiyvetas avTis 
"Xd" és edpvyopov SiaBynpevar, EvOa prow tarmoe 635 
dHdexa Onrevat, bd 8’ Hulovor tadaepyol 
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és ITvnrov otyerOar Nyrjuov, adda Tov avtod 
> a al Ar, / >\ B / 640 
aypav 7} pHnrowwr Trapéupevat, He TVBOTD. 
Tov 8° avr’ ’Avtivoos tpocédn, Evmeibeos vids: 
‘ vnpeptés prow éviorre, TOT’ @yeTO Kal Tives a’TO 
Kovpot Erovt ; “I@axns é€aiperou, 4 éol adtod 
an a / 
Onrés Te Sumés Te; SvvatTo Ke Kal TO TedéccaL. 
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/ an 
Meévropa; é Ocov, TS 8’ adT@e Tavta épKer. 


THE ODYSSEY, IV. 141 


But before the hall of Odysseus the suitors were mak- 
ing merry, throwing the discus and the hunting spear upon 
the level pavement, holding riot as of old. Here sat 
Antinoés and god-like Eurymachos, the leaders of the 
suitors ; for they in manly power were quite the first. To 
them Noémon, son of Phronios, now drew near; and ques- 
tioning Antinods thus he spoke: _ 

** Antinods, do we know at all, or do we not, when 
Telemachos will come from sandy Pylos? He went off 
with a ship of mine, and I have need of her for crossing 
to broad Elis, where I keep my twelve brood mares. The 
hardy mules, their foals, are still unbroken; one I would 
fetch away and break him in.” 

So he spoke. The others were amazed. They did not 
think Telemachos was gone to Pylos, to the land of 
Neleus ; they thought he still was here about the farms, 
among the flocks, or with the swineherd, 

Then said to him Antinoés, Eupeithes’ son: “Tell me 
precisely when he went, and what young men were with 
him. Picked men of Ithaka, or his own hirelings and 
slaves? That indeed might he do! And tell the truth 
in this, that I may know full well; did he with violence, 
against your will, take the black ship? Or did you give 
it willingly, because he begged it ?”’ 

Then answered him Noémon, son of Phronios: “I gave 
it willingly. What else could a man do when one like 
him, with troubles on his heart, entreated? Hard would 
it be to keep from giving. The youths who next to us are 
noblest in the land are his companions. I marked their 


captain as he went on board, and it was Mentor, or a god 
11 | 


142 OAYSSEIAS A. 


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yOtov brnotov. tore 8’ &uBn vyi ITddovde.’ 

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toiow 8’ audotépocw aydooato Oupos ayjvap. 
a -, ee / ms Tt 

punotipas § auvdius KaOicav Kal Tavoay aéOdwv. 
toicw 5° “Avtivoos petépn, EvmreiOeos vids 
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éx Tocaa@vd’ aékntt véos Tais olyeTat avTas, 
via épvocdpevos, kpivas 7 ava Sijpov apiotous. 
¥ \ / \ ” > / e > A 
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Zevs dréoete Binv, mplv HRns pétpov ixécOar. 
Grn ary’ éwol Sote via Oonv Kal elKoo’ Eraipous, 
dppa pv adtov idvta AoyHoopar nde purakw 
év mopOue "L0dnns te Yapow te mavradoécons, 
@s av émuopvyep@s vavTidreTat elvexa TraTpos.’ 


“Ds &pad’, ot 8’ dpa wavtes érnveov 7d’ éxédevov: 


/ fol 
avtix érevt avotavtes EBav Sopov eis ’Odvajos. 


670 


OvS’ dpa TInvedoreva roddv ypovov ev dmructos 6% 


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avdhs éxtos wv: ot 8’ EvdoOs wri vhawovr. 
BAS iwev ayyeréov Sia SeHpata IInverotrety: 
tov 8€ kat ovdod Bavta tpoonvda IInveddrreva: 


‘ Kipvé, timte 5é ce mpoecav pvnotipes ayavol ; 


h eitrépevar Sumpnow 'Odvcanos Oeloro 


épywv travcacba, odpict 8’ avtois Salita révecOar ; 


By pvnotevoavtes pnd’ GAXOO’ opmirnoavTeEs 


THE ODYSSEY, IV. 143 


exactly like him. And still in this I am puzzled. Here 
I saw noble Mentor yesterday in the morning; yet there 
he had embarked for Pylos.” 

So saying, he departed to his father’s house. But the 
proud spirits of the two were stirred. They made the 
suitors sit down side by side and stop their sports. And 
then Antinods, Eupeithes’ son, *addressed them in dis- 
pleasure. With a great passion was his dark soul filled. 
His eyes were like bright fire. 

“Ye gods! here is a monstrous action impudently 
brought to pass, this journey of Telemachos. We told 
him not to make it; and here in spite of all of us this 
young boy simply goes, launching a ship and picking out 
the best men of the land. Before we think, he will begin 
to be our bane. But may Zeus blast his power before he 
reaches man’s estate! Come, give me a swift ship with 
twenty men, that I may lie in wait upon his way, and 
guard the strait from Ithaka to rugged Samos. So to his 
grief he cruises off to find his father.” He spoke; the 
others all approved and urged him on. Then they arose 
and entered the hall of Odysseus. | 

But now Penelope, no long time after, learned of the 
talk on which the suitors’ hearts were brooding. For the 
page Medon told her, who overheard the plot as he stood 
outside the court, while they within it framed their scheme. 
He hastened through the palace with the tidings to Penel- 
ope ; and as he crossed her threshold Penelope spoke thus : 

“Page, why have the lordly suitors sent you here? 
Was it to tell the maids of noble Odysseus to put by 
work and lay for them the table? Oh that they never 


144 OAYSSEIAD A. 


boratra Kal mupata vov évOdade Sevrvicevav. 
ob Ody’ ayeipomevor Biorov Kxatakeipete troANOr, 
xTinow Tnrenayo.o Saippovos: ovdé te maTpav 
UpeTépwv TO mpocbey axoveTe, aides éovTes, 
> \ BA > 2 / n 
olos ‘Odvcceds érxe pcO’ ipetépoice ToKedow, 
ovTe Tia pékas éEalovoy ovTe TL eiTraV 
év Sjpo: 4 7 éotl Sinn Oeiwy Bacirjov: 
Gddov x’ éxOaipnot Bpotav, GdrXov Ke hiroln. 
a ? LA / > U + >A 
ketvos 6’ ov mote Taurav atdcbadoy avdpa éwpryet. 
> » & \ e / ‘ \ > / 4 
GXN 0 wev UpéTepos Oupos Kal devkéa Epya 
»Q/ | RS / 4 ? > f ? 
paliverat, ovdé Tis Eats yapis peToTicO’ evepryéwr. 
Tiv 8 adte mpocéerre Médwv, remvupéva cides, 
‘al yap 69, Bacirea, TOde WrEloTOv Kakov etn. 
GAA TOAD pellov Te Kal apyadedTepov aAXo 
n / a \ / / 
Kvnotipes ppalovra, 0 un Tedéceve Kpoviev: 
Tnréuaxov peudact kataxtapev o€& yadn@ 
¢ 
oixade viccdpevov’ 0 8’ EBn peta matpds aKounvy 
és ITvXov jyabénv 75’ és Aaxedaipova Siar. 


700 


“Qs paro, ths 8’ abtod AdTO yowvata Kal dirov Hrop, 


Sav Sé ww aphactn éréwv AdBe TH S€é of dace 
Saxpvodt mrAncOev, Oarepty SE ot ExyeTo hwvy. 
Owe Oé bn ww erecow dperBouévn Tpocéertre* 


705 


a Ul / \ 
‘ Kijpv€, timre 5é ou mais olyerar; ovde Ti pw yxpew 


vnov @kuvTropev émiBaweéepuev, ai 0’ dros irrot 
avOpact yiyvovtat, mepowor dé trovAdy ed’ bypHpy. 
4 ta pnd’ dvow’ adtod év avOpmroot AimnTat ;’ 
Thv & npeiBer éretra Médwv rervupéeva cides, 
‘ovx 010’ 4 Tis pv Oeds wpopev He Kal avTod 
Oupos efaopunOn iwev és IIvdov, dbpa rvOnras 
TaTpos €0v0 % vooTov, i) Ov Twa TOTHOY érréaTrED, 


710 


THE ODYSSEY, IV. 145 


had wooed or gathered here, or that they here might eat 
to-day their last and latest meal! You are the men who 
troop about and waste large means, even all the estate 
of wise Telemachos. To your fathers of old you gave no 
heed when you were children, nor heard what sort of man 
Odysseus was among your elders, how he did no wrong 
by deed or word to any in the,land. And that is the 
common way with high-born kings; one man they hate 
and love another. But he wrought no iniquity toward 
any man. Yet now what your hearts are, what your vile 
deeds, is plain to see. There is no gratitude for good 
deeds done.” 

Then Medon spoke, aman of understanding: “ Ah 
Queen, I would that were our greatest danger; but 
weightier matters yet, a sorer evil, the suitors now pro- 
pose — which may the son of Kronos hinder! They have 
resolved to slay Telemachos with the keen sword, as he 
sails home. He went away for tidings of his father, to 
hallowed Pylos and to sacred Lakedaimon.” 

As he thus spoke, her knees grew feeble and her very 
soul. Long time a speechless stupor held her; her two 
eyes filled with tears; her full voice stayed. But at the 
last, she answered thus and said: “ Page, why is my child 
gone? What need had he to mount the coursing ships, 
which serve men for sea-horses and cross the mighty flood ? 
Was it to leave not even a name amongst men here?” 

Then answered Medon, that man of understanding: 
“ T do not know whether some god impelled him, or if his 
own heart stirred within to go to Pylos, to learn about his 
father’s coming or there to hear what fate he met.” 


146 OAYSSEIAS A. 


“Ns dpa dovyicas améBn kata Sap’ ’Odvotjos. 


tiv 8° a&yos auhextOn OuvpopOdpov, odd’ ap’ ér etry 


Sidpw ébéecOar Tordd@v KaTa olKov éovTwr, 
GN dp’ ém ovdod ife modAveuntov Padrdpoto 
olxtp ddrodupopévn* mept Sé Suwal puvipifov 
mwacat, doar Kata Swpat éoav véar dé Tadatal. 
tis 8° dduvov yoowoa petnida IInvedrorrea: 


715 


720 


‘ Kyote, ira: tept yap pou “Ordprrios aye oxev 


> / ¢ € n / x9? Bane 

éx Tacéwy, boca pot ouod Tpddev HO’ éyévovTo, 
/ 

) mpl pev tmoow écOdov aTr@deoa OvpodéovTa, 

mavtoins apetno. Kexacpévov év Aavaoicw, 


725 


écOrov, Tov KA€os evpv Kal” “EXAdba Kal pécov “Apyos. 


vov av Taid’ ayarnrov aynpelryavto Ovedrat 

> / > / xO? ©¢ , A 

akréa éx peydpwv, ovd’ opunbévtos dxovea. 
axéTrLal, od’ tpels mep evil dpecl Oécbe Exdorn 
> / sees: Lal > / / Lal 
éx Nexéwv pw’ aveyelpar, émictdpevar capa Oupe, 
€ / a 4 / } Dies. 4 a I 

ommote Kelvos &€8n KolAnv éml via pédawav. 

> + mee / 4 fav e / 
ei yap éyo tulounv tavTny oddv oppaivoyTa, 

a 4? 9» 54 ee 4 / c a 
TO Ke wan 7 Kev Euewe, Kal éoovpevds tep odoio 
LA A lal r Bets! / 

H Ké pe TeOvnviay évi peydporow édectrev. 

GANG Tis OTPNPas AoAloy Karécele yépovTa, 

8 “a> 93 \ ¢ ro \ 4 Py nm 4 

wo éwov Ov por &dwKe TraTHp Ett Sedpo Kiovon, 
a 4 Ud 7 lA 

kal wot Kirov éyet Trodvdevdpeoy, Bppa TayioTa 

Aaéptn tade mdavta trapefopmevos Katanréén, 

> / 4 a ee," n e , 
ef 89 tov Twa Kelvos evi dpeol pHtw vdyvas 
éfeAMav Aaolow odvpeTat, of peudacw 

a a / 
dv Kal ‘Oduvconjos pbicat yovov ayTiBéot0.’ 
, 
Tnv 8° adte mpocéeatre pirn tpopds Evpvcreva: 


‘pipha pirn, od pev ap we KaTaKTave VNAkL YAAK, 


A~A » > ¢ Lal / > > 4 
i éa év peyap@: pi0ov Sé Tot ovK émikevow: 


730 


785 


740 


THE ODYSSEY, IV. 147 


So saying, he departed along the hall of Odysseus. But 
upon her heart-eating anguish fell. No longer had she 
power to sit upon a chair, though many were in the room, 
but down she sank upon the floor of her rich chamber, 
pitifully moaning. Round about, her maids were sobbing 
— all her household, old and young. And with repeated 
cries, Penelope thus spoke : 

* Listen, dear maids ! Surely the Olympian gave me 
exceeding sorrow, beyond all women born and bred my 
mates. For I in former days lost my good husband, a 
man of lion heart, for every excellence honored among 
the Danaiins — good man! his fame is wide through 
Hellas and mid-Argos. Moreover now my darling son 
the winds have snatched away, silently, from my halls; I 
heard not of his going. Hard-hearted maids! No one of 
you took thought to rouse me from my bed, though well 
your own hearts knew what time he went away on the 
black hollow ship. Ah, had I learned that he was pur- 
posing this journey, surely he would have stayed, however 
eager for the journey, or else he should have left me dead 
within the hall. But now let some one haste and call old 
Dolios, the slave my father gave me at my coming, who 
tends my orchard trees; that he may quickly go, seat 
himself by Laértes, and, telling all, learn if Laértes in 
his wisdom can devise a way to come before the people 
and ery out against the men who seek to crush his race, 

the race of great Odysseus.” 

Thus answered then her good nurse Eurykleia: “ Dear 
lady, slay me with the ruthless sword or let me live within 


the hall ; I will not hidemy story. I knewof all. I gave 


148 OAYSSEIAS A. 


noe ym Tade TdvTa, Topov Sé of bao éxédeve, 745 
cirov Kai péeOv 7d0* eued 8’ EdeTo péyarv SpKov 
pn mplv col épécw, ply Swdexdtnv ye yevérOas 
a 2 a= % / 5 eA Oé > a 
ho avtiny tobécas Kal apopunbértos axodoat, 
@s dv un KNalovea KaTa ypoa Kadov iadmrTns. 
Gdn’ bdpnvamévn, Kalapa ypot eiual’ édovdca, 750 
> ¢€ “9 > an \ > 4 
eis UTep@ avaBadoa ov auditors yuvartly 
BA > 3 / 4 \ > / 
evye “AOnvain xovpy Ais airyvoyouo:: 
» yap Kév pw erecta Kal x Oavdrowo cadcat. 
pndé yépovta KdKov Kexakwopévov: od yap dl 
mayxv Oeois paxdperos youn ’ApKxevorddao 755 
éyOeo’, adr’ Ere tov tis érécoeras bs Kev eynor | 
dopata 0° inpepedéa kal arrompobs miovas daypods.’ 

“Qs haro, rhs 8’ ebynce yoov, oxéOe 8° bace ydou0. 
9 8 bSpnvayévn, Kabapa ypol efyad’ rodca, 
eis Urep@’ avéBawe orv dudirdrovor yuvatly, _ 760 
év 8’ &er’ oddroxdTas Kavéw, jpato 8’ ’AOryn:. 

‘ Kyxr06/ > g A \ 4 > 4 

dOi pev, aiyvoyowo Avs téxos, atpuTavn, 

el moTé ToL TodvpunTis evi peydpoiow ’Odvaceds 
) Boos 7) duos Kata riova pnpi’ éxne, 
TOV viv mor prncat, Kal por dirov via cdwoor, 765 
punorhpas 8° arddadke Kaxas brrepnvopéovtas.’ 

“As eirroda’ ddOrvEE, Ded SE of Exdvev apis. 
punothpes 8’ ouddnoav ava péyapa oKidevta* 
@de O€ Tis elrecKe véwv Hrepnvopedytav* 

“°H pdra 82) ydpov dupe trorvpuvjotn Baclkeca 77 
aprvet, ovdé TL oldev & of hovos vu TéruKTAL.’ 

“Qs dpa tis elmecne, ta 8’ ode cay as éréruKTO. 

Lad > > / > / / 
toicw 6 ’Avtivoos ayopncato Kal peréertre’ 

‘ Aatpovior, pbOous pev imepdidrous aréacbe 


THE ODYSSEY, IV. 149 


him what he wanted, bread and sweet wine. But he ex- 
acted from me a great oath to speak no word of this to you 
till the twelfth day was come, or until you should miss him 
and hear that he was gone, that so you might not stain 
your beautiful face with tears. Now therefore bathe, and 
putting on fresh garments, go to your upper chamber 
with your maids, and offer prayer to Athene, daughter 
of wgis-bearing Zeus; for thus she may preserve him 
even from death. Vex not an old man, vexed already. 
Surely I cannot think the Arkeisian line is wholly hate- 
ful to the blessed gods. Nay, one shall still survive to 
hold the high-roofed house and the fat fields around.” 

She spoke, and lulled the other’s cries and stayed her 
eyes from tears. Penelope bathed, and putting on fresh 
garments went to her upper chamber with her maids, took 
barley in her basket, and thus she prayed Athene : 

“‘ Hear me, thou child of egis-bearing Zeus, unwearied 
one. If ever wise Odysseus when at home burned the fat 
thighs of ox or sheep to thee, thereof be mindful now; 
preserve me my dear son. (Guard him against the suitors’ 
cruel outrage ! ” | 

Thus having said, she raised the cry, and the goddess 
heard her prayer. But the suitors broke into uproar up 
and down the dusky halls, and a rude youth would say: 
“Ha, ha! at last the long-wooed queen makes ready for 
our marriage. Little she thinks that for her son death is 
in waiting.” So they would talk, nor knew themselves 
what was in waiting. 


And now <Antinods addressed them, saying: ‘* Good 


150 OAYSSEIAS A. 


TAVTAS OMOS, Hh Tov Tis émraryyeiAnor Kal elcw. 
> : oes A a > / / 
GN aye avy Tolov avacravTes Teewpev 
A AN \ \ A > \ \ ” tay ee 
pd0ov, 6 by Kal Tacw évi dpeclv paper Hyiv. 
a) > \ > / yee Met o na > / 
Qs eirav éxpivat’ éeixoot PATas apictous, 
Bav 8° tévat éri vija Sony kal Civa Oaracons. 
a \ 9 / ey \ / ” 
va pev ody maumpwtov ados BévOocde Epvacar, 
> Wee Be Ye) Died Seay \ , 
évy 8’ totov te TiWevto Kai iotia vy penaivy, 
\ nr 
nptovavto ©’ épeTua Tpotrois év Sepparivo.ct 
\ al > / 
TavTa KaTa polipav' ava @’ iotia NevKa TéTaTCAaY' 
I / Tee 6 ¢e / Z 
revyea 5é of) Hvetkay bTrépOvmor OepatrovTes. 
A / / 
invod 8’ év votip thy y @ppicay, éx 8’ EBay avTot: 
> lal 
évOa Sé Sdprrov Edovto, pévov 8° emt Exmepov édOeiv. 
/ 
‘H & trepwin ade trepibpwv IInvedotrea 
OD) Re A > / »O\ n 
Keir ap adovtos, dmacTtos ednTvos OE TOTHTOS, 
€ / a e / 4 ey > 4 
Oppaivova’ 7 ot Odvatov diryou vios audpov, 
. wd : eae \ n ig / / 
) 0 y UT pynoThpow wTrepdiaroior Sapetn. 
doca Sé pepunpite A€wv avdpav ev ouirp 
/ c / / \ / A 
Seicas, ommoTe pv Sddov rept KUKAOV aywot, 
, e / > / / ef 
TOTTa py Oppaivovoay émHAVOE vNdupos Urvos* 
evde 8’ avaxdivOcioa, AWOev SE ot Gxvea TayvTa. 
"Ev? air’ arn évonoe Vea yravedris “AOnvn: 
elOwAov Toince, Séuas 8 HiKTo yvvairt, 
"Ip0iun, xovpyn pmeyadHnropos "Ixapiouo, 
\ BA v A 4 ee | / 
thv Evpnros drruve, Peps Evi oixia vaiwv. 
/ Ul \ / : Rare | an / 
méute S€ wv mpos Sepat ’Odvachos Oeloto, - 
t/ Ul b] / , 
ets IInvedorevav odvpopévnv, yoowoar, 
/ a 4 , , 
mavoee KNavOpoi0 yoo. Te SaxpvdevTos. 
és Oddapov 8’ cioiAOe mapa KAnidos inayta, 
n IS A an la) 
ati 8 ap’ imép Keharijs, kal piv mpos p0Oov getrev* 
ce “ 
‘ Evdeus, Inverorreva, dirov retinpévyn Hop ; 


775 


780 


THE ODYSSEY, IV. 151 


sirs, beware of haughty talk of every kind, for fear that 
some one may report it in the house. Come, rather, let 
us rise and quietly as we may let us effect the scheme 
which pleased the hearts of all.” 

When he had spoken thus, he chose the twenty fittest 
men, who went to the swift ship and to the beach. Here 
first of all they launched the ship into deep water, they 
put the mast and sail in the black ship, fitted the oars — 
into their leathern slings, all in due order, and up aloft 
spread the white sail. Stately squires carried their armor. 
Then well out in the stream they moored their boat, 
they themselves disembarked, here took their supper, and 
waited for the evening to:come on. 

But in her upper chamber heedful Penelope lay in the 
same place fasting, tasting neither food nor drink, anx- 
ious whether her gallant son would escape death, or by 
the audacious suitors be borne down; as doubts a lion in 
a crowd of men, in terror as they draw the crafty circle 
round him. To her in such anxiety sweet slumber came, 
and lying back she slept and every joint relaxed. 

Then elsewhere the goddess turned her thoughts, keen- 

eyed Athene. She shaped a phantom, fashioned in a 
woman’s form, even like Iphthimé, daughter of brave 
Ikarios, her whom Eumélos married, that had his home 
at Pherai. And this she sent to the house of matchless 
Odysseus, that it might make Penelope, mourning and 
sighing now, cease from her griefs and tearful sighs. It 
came into the chamber, past the bolt-strap, stood by her 
head and thus addressed her: 

«Are you asleep, Penelope, dear troubled heart? No, 


152 OAYSSEIAS A. 


ov pev o ovdé ewot Deol peta fwovTes 805 
‘ 
Kraiew ovd’ axdynoOat, érel p’ Ere voortipos éote 
aos mais: ov pev yap TL Ocots aduTHpevos éoTt. 
Thv 8° npeiBer erecta trepidpwv [Invedorrea, 
e \ / , ; Maar > / , 
OU pdra KYoooove év ovetpetnot TUANCL* 
‘Tinre, cacvyvntn, Sedp’ HAvOes ; od TL Tapos ye 810 
mTworéal, érel pdra ToAAdy arompob. Swpmata valets: 
/ 7 bd / 79> 2 / 
Kal we KéXcat TravaacOar oLfvos Hd’ ddvVadev 
mTodréwv, al w épéOovor kata dpéva kal Kata Ovpor, 
) mpl pév roow écOdov ar@deca Ovpodréovra, 
mavtoins dpeThot Kexacpévov év Aavaoiow, 815 
écOrov, Tod Kréos edpd Kal” “EAAdda Kal pécov “Apyos. 
fol = al > \ 4 /- a 4 \ 
vov av tais ayamntos &Bn Koidns él vyos, 
/ + / 9S *O\ he PRE / 
VHTLOS, OTE TrOVaY ev elds OUT ayopdwr. 
tod 81 éym Kal padXov ddvpopwat 7} ep éxeivov. 
tov § aduditpopéw cal Seidva pn te mdOnow, 820 
¢ “ a / v7) 5 x ; ee, Ld 
ho ye tov évt Shue, ty’ olyetat, } evi trovT@: 
Sucpevées yap TodXol er’ avTe punxavowvTat, 
iéuevot KTeivat, tpl twatpiia yaiay ixécOau,’ 
Tv 8° drrapeBopuevov trpocédn eidwrov dpuavpdr: 
‘ Pdpoet, pndé Te mayyu peta ppeot SeidiOe inv: —- 8 
/ / Ly \ FD 4 \ bs 
TOln Yap Ol TrOou“TTOS Am EpYETal, HY Te Kal AdDOL 
avépes HphoavtTo Tapectdpevat, Sivatar yap, 
ITarras ’AOnvain: cé 8’ ddupopévnv éreaipes* 
) viv we mpoénxe Telv Tade wvOncacbat. 
Thv 8 adre mpockerre mepippav IInvedoreas 830 
> “ n 
‘et pev 9 Beds éoot, Oeoid Te exAves avdijs, 
> > Lal 
et 0° dye wot Kal Keivov oufupdv Katanretor, 
EA a 
% wou ére foe Kal opa pdos Heréov0, 
> iv 
7 Sn TéOvnKe Kai civ ’Aidao Soporcr.’ 


THE ODYSSEY, IV. 153 


never shall the gods that live at ease leave you to weep 
and pine; for still your son is destined to return, since 
in the gods’ sight he is no transgressor.” | 

Then answered heedful Penelope, very sweetly slum- 
bering at the gates of dreams: “‘ Why, sister, have you 
come? You never before were with me, for very far 
away you have your dwelling. . And you bid me cease 
from grief and all the pangs that vex my mind and heart, 
me who in former days lost my good husband, a man 
of lion heart, for every excellence honored among the 
Danaiins — good man! his fame is wide through Hellas 
and mid-Argos. Moreover now my darling son is gone 
on a hollow ship, a mere~boy, too, but little skilled in 
cares and counsels. Therefore for him I mourn even 
more than for that other. For him I tremble, and I fear 
that he may meet with ill, either from those within the 
land where he is gone, or on the sea. For many are the 
foes that plot against him, seeking to slay him before he 
gains his native land.” 

And answering her, said the dim phantom: “Take 
heart, and be not in your mind too sore afraid. So true 
a guide goes with him as other men have prayed to stand 
beside them— for powerful is she — Pallas Athene. See- 
ing you grieve, she pities you, and it was she who sent 
me here to tell you so.” 

Then heedful Penelope said to her: “ If you are a god 
and have obeyed some heavenly bidding, come tell me also 
of that hapless one, if he still lives and sees the sunshine; 


or is he already dead and in the halls of Hades?” 


154 OAYSSEIAS A. 


Ti 8° arapeBcpevov mpocépn cidwdov ayavpov* 
‘ov pév Tou Keivdv ye Sinvexéws ayopetoo, 
foe 6 y,  TEOvnKe* KaKxov 8’ aveworia Babew. 
“Qs eitrov craOpoto Tapa KAnida ALdcOn 
> \ ae ¢e Epis ce ae! 4 
és mrvos avéuwv: 4 8 é& brvov avopovce 
kovpn “Ixapiouw: dirov dé ot Hrop iavOn, 
LA c' 8 \ bY SEES 8 \ > fal 
@s ol évapyes Gveipov éméaauTo vuKTOS apwodye. 
Mvnorijpes 5’ avaBavtes érémdeov. bypa Kédevba, 
Tnreuaxyp povov aimdy évi dpeclv oppaivortes. 
gore O€ TIS VHTOS péoon GAL TeTpHeTCa, 
peconyvs “ldanns te Sapo te Twavradoécons, 
> \ > / / > + / >, A 
Aotepis, ob peyddn* Aipéves 8” Evi vavrAoyo. adTH 
> / A / / / > 
aupioupot: TH Tdév ye pévov NoxdwvTes “Ayaiol. 


THE ODYSSEY, IV. 155 


And answering her, said the dim phantom: “ Of him I 
will not speak at length, be he alive or dead. To speak 
vain words is ill.” 

So saying, it glided past the door-post’s bolt into the 
airy breezes. And out of sleep awoke Ikarios’ daughter, 
and her very soul was warmed, so clear a dream was sent 
her in the dead of night. 

Meanwhile the suitors, embarking in their ship, sailed 
on their watery journey, revolving in their minds the 
speedy murder of Telemachos. Now in mid-sea there is 
a rocky island, midway from Ithaka to rugged Samos — 
Star Islet called —of no great size. Its harbor, safe for 
ships, has double mouths; and here it was the Achaians 
waited, watching. 


OAYSSEIAS BE. 
"OBvectws oxeSla. 


"Has 8 é« Aeydwv tap’ ayavod TiOwvoio 
apvv0’, ty abavdtouct hows pépor HSE Bporoicw: 
of S€ Oeot OdKovde Kabifavov, év 8’ dpa Toicr 
Zeds tryiBpeuérns, 00 Te Kpatos éotl péytorov. 
toiat 8 "AOnvain rA€éye KHdea TOAN *Odvajos 
/ f / e 3\ > Py , J 

pvnoapévn* pére yap ot éwv év Shpace vipdns: 

‘Zed matep HS’ adrou paxapes Oeol aiev éovtes, 
pn Tis éTt TpOdpwv ayavos Kal His éoT@ 
oxnTTovyos Bacieds, nde dpecly aicima eidas* 
GX’ aicl yadetros Tt ein Kal aiovra pétor, 
e v / ’ nn 7 
@s ov Tis péuvntat Odvaoanos Oeiovo 
Aawv, olow dvacce, TaTHp 5° Hs Hrrios Hev. 
> > € \ 3 / lal ' em, ” / 
GNX O MEV EV VNT@ KELTAL KPATEP AAYea TATYOD, 
vipdns év peyapotct Kadvuwods, 4 pw avdyen 
layers 0 8° ov Stvatat Hv Tatpida yaiay ixécOar 
ov yap ot mdpa vies emnpeTmot Kal éTaipot, 
7 / / 3. 3 Set n / 
of xév pu mwéwrrovey err’ evpéa vata Oardoons. 
vov av Tats’ ayamnrov amoKTeival pemaaci 
” e > \ > \ 
olxade vicoopevov' 0 8’ Bn peta Tatpds akounv 
és ITdnov jryabénv 75° és Aaxedalpova Siav. 


Tiv 8 amaperBopevos mpocépn vedernyepéta Zevs: 


‘ / > \ af + 4 7 580 
Téxvoy €uov, Toiov oe eros duyev Epxos dddvTav: 
> \ \ n \ > LA / Be 

ov yap 6n TovTov péev éBovrEvoas voov avTn, 

e > / ] \ > / , 

@s 4 Tot Kelvovs "Oduceds arroticeras éNwr ; 


10 


20 


V. 


THE BOAT OF ODYSSEUS. 


Dawn from her couch by high Tithénus rose to bring 
light to immortals and to men, and the gods sat in coun- 
cil: with them was Zeus, who thunders from on high, 
whose power is over all; and to them Athene told the 
many sorrows of Odysseus, mindful of him, for she was 
troubled by his stay in the nymph’s dwelling. 

“QO Father Zeus, and all you blessed gods that live for- 
ever, never again let sceptre-bearing king in all sincerity 
be kind and gentle, nor let him in his mind heed righteous- 
ness. Rather should he be always stern and work un- 
righteous deeds; since none remembers kingly Odysseus 
among the people whom he ruled, kind father though he 
was. Upon an island he is tarrying now, in great dis- 
tress, in the halls of the nymph Kalypso, who holds him 
there by force. No power has he to reach his native land, 
for he has no ships fitted with oars, nor crews to bear 
him over the broad ocean-ridges. Now, too, men seek to 
slay his darling son, as he sails home. He went away 
for tidings of his father, to hallowed Pylos and to sacred 
Lakedaimon.” 

Then answering, said cloud-gathering Zeus: “ My child, 
what word has passed the barrier of your teeth? Nay, 
did not you devise the plan yourself that Odysseus should 


chastise these men at his return? As for Telemachos, 
12 


158 OAYSSEIAS E. 


Tyréuayov 5¢ od méurvov érictapévas, Sivacar yap, % 


/ ” 0 
&s Ke pan aoknOys tv warpiia yatay ikynrat, 
punotipes &° év vnl wadiyrerés arrovéwvrar.’ 
°H pa, Kat ‘Eppelav, viov pirov, avytiov nda: 


‘‘Epyeia: od yap atte Ta T GAN TEP ayyedOs eco’ 


al / \ 
vipdn éuTAoKdym eimreiy vypweptea BovAny, 
a ? / 
vootov ’Odvachos tarxaclippovos, WS KE VvEnTaL 


a a rn > / N 
ovte Seay Troumh ote Ovntav avOpwTrev 


GAN 6 x él cxedins Todvdécpov THwaTa TacyoV 


an a] / 
juatl K eixoote® Yyepinv épiSwrov ixorro, 
Painxwv és yaiav, of ayyiOeou yeydaow, 
of Kév pv Trept Khpt Ocov &s TipHnoover, 
Téprpovow 5° év vn pidrnv és twatplida yaiav, 
7 / v7 > rn 4 / 

xadKov Te ypvoov Te Gis obra Te Sovtes, 
TOAN’, ba" dy ovdé mote Tpoins éEnpat ’Odvaceds, 
el Tep arnpav AO, Aax@Vv ard Anidos aicar. 
&s yap ot poip’ éotlt dhirous 7 idéew Kal ixéoOar 
oixov és inpopodov Kal énv és TaTpioa yatay.’ 

“Qs &pat’, ov8’ ariOnoe SiadKTopos apyevpovTns. 
avtix éreO’ bird tocoly édjcato Kara rédiXa, 
> , 4 / , SI] \ ’ ’ id \ 
auBpoota, xpvoca, Tad ww hépov nuev ed bypHv 
no ew atreipova yaiav awa Tvowns avéuowo. 
etheTo 5€ paBdov, THT avdpav Oupata Oéryer 
av €0érer, Tos 8 adre kal trveovtas érvyelpet. 
THY peta Yepoly éyov qéreTo KpaTvs apyerporvTns. 
ITiepinv 8° émiBas e& aiPépos eumrece rovte* 

4 >’, bl] > lal / bl ’ \ 
cevaT éreit él Kiua Adpw bpviOs éorKas, 
Os Te KaTa Sewods KOATOUsS dros aTpUYéTOLO 
> a 
txOds aypwooowy tuKwa Trepda Severar Grpn* 
T@ ikehos Todecow oyjoato Kvpacw ‘Epyijs. 


80 


THE ODYSSEY, V. | 159 


speed him along his course with wisdom, —as you can, — 
that he may come unharmed to his own native land, and 
the suitors in their ship may be turned back again.” 

He spoke, and said to Hermes, his dear son: ‘“ Hermes, 
since in all else you are my messenger, tell to the fair- 
haired nymph our steadfast purpose, that hardy Odysseus 
shall set forth upon his homeward way, not with gods’ 
guidance nor with that of mortal man; but by himself, 
upon a strong-built boat, beset with sorrows, in twenty days 
he shall reach fertile Scheria, the land of the Phaiakians, 
who are kinsmen of the gods. There shall they greatly 
honor him, as if he were a god, and bear him on his way 
by ship to his own native land, giving him stores of 
bronze and gold and clothing, more than Odysseus would 
have won from Troy, had he returned unharmed, with his 
due share of spoil. Thus, then, it is appointed him to see 
his friends and reach his high-roofed house and native 
land.” 

So he spoke, and the guide, the Speedy-comer, did not 
disobey ; forthwith under his feet he bound his beautiful 
sandals, immortal, made of gold, which carry him over the 
flood and over the boundless land swift as a breath of 
wind. He took the wand with which he charms to sleep 
the eyes of whom he will, while again whom he will he 
wakens out of slumber. Holding this in his hand, the 
powerful Speedy-comer began his flight ; he crossed Pieria, 
then from the upper air dropped down upon the deep and 
skimmed along the water like a bird, a gull, which down 
the fearful hollows of the barren sea, snatching at fish, 
dips its thick plumage in the spray. In such wise, through 


160 OAYSSEIAS E. 


GAN bre 8) THY vacov adixeto THAD’ éodcar, 
év0’ éx movtov Bas ioewdéos Hrrevpovde 
+ 7 / / v a Wf 4 
Hiev, Oppa péya omeos tkeTo, TO Eve vU“dy 

a > / \ > w+ / det 
vaiev évTdOKamos' THv 8 évdoOu TétTwEV Eovear. 
mip wey em’ éoyapodw péya Kaleto, THO 8’ ddun 

/ > > / / b] , Rey. a > / 
Kédpou 7 evKedtovo Ovov 7 ava vicov dd@deL 
datopévav: % 8 Evdov aovdiudovo’ ort Kanrq, 
e \ > / / IW oe sf 
toTov étrovyouévn ypvoeln Kepxid thawer. 
tAn 5é orréos apdhl mehixer tHrACOOwoa, 

/ b + / \ Me / 
KAnOpyn 7 aiyerpos Te Kal ev@dns KUTrapLOCOS. 
4 / ee / > / 
évOa Sé 7 Gpvibes Tavucimrepor ebvafovTo, 
oxatés 7 ipnkés Te TaviyNwoool Te Kopmvat 
eivddiat, tTholv Te Oaracova Epya péeunrev. 
e ? > a 4 I a 
% 8 avtod Tetdvvcto tepl amelovs yAadupoio 
nuepls NBawoa, TeOnjre 5é oTapvAter 

io] py at / 4 ee? iA nr 
kphvar 5’ é&eins micvpes peov vOaTL AevkKe, 
TAnciat GdAnAwY TeTPAappévar AAdAvOis GAN. 
audi dé Aeyuaves paraxol tov ndé cedivov 
Onreov: évOa x’ erecta nal aSavaros Tep éredav 
Onncatto idov Kal teppOein hpeciv jow. 
év0a atas Oneitro SvaKropos apyepdvTns. 
avtap érevd) mavta é@ Onjcato Ovpe, 
avtix’ ap’ eis evpv omréos HAvOev* ovdE py ayTnV 
nyvoince idodca Karuyo, dia Oeawr, 
ov yap 7 ayvaTes Geol GdAAHAOLCL TéNOVTAL 
GOavarot, ovd’ el tis amrompob. Swpata valet. 
avd’ ap’ ’Odsvocha peyadntopa évdov ererper, 


GAN 6 oy én’ aris Krale xaOypevos, &vOa mapos Tep, 


Saxpvot Kal orovaynot Kal addyeot Oupov épéyOov 
[wovtTov én’ arptryetov Sepxécxeto Sdxpva reiBov]. 


63) 


THE ODYSSEY, V. 161 


the multitude of waves, moved Hermes. But when he 
neared the distant island, there turning landward off the 
dark blue sea, he passed on till he came to a great grotto, 
_ where dwelt a fair-haired nymph. He found her in her 
home. Upon the hearth a great fire blazed, and far along 
the island the fragrance of split cedar and of sandal-wood 
sent perfume as they burned. In-doors, and singing in a 
pleasant voice, she plied the loom and wove with golden 
shuttle. Around the grotto, trees grew luxuriantly, alder 
and poplar and sweet-scented cypress, where long-winged 
birds had nests, — owls, hawks, and sea-crows ready- 
tongued, who ply their business in the waters. Here too 
was trained over the hollow grotto a thrifty vine, luxu- 
riant with clusters; and four springs in a row were run- 
ning with clear water, making their way beside each other 
here and there. On either hand, soft meadows of violet 
and parsley bloomed. Here, therefore, even an immortal 
who should come might gaze at what he saw, and in his 
heart be glad. 

Here stood and gazed the guide, the Speedy - comer. 
Then after he had gazed on all to his heart’s fill, straight- 
way he turned into the spacious grotto, and at a glance 
Kalypso, the heavenly goddess, failed not to know it was 
he; for not unknown to one another are the immortal 
gods, although they have their dwellings far apart. But 
brave Odysseus was not found within; for he sat weeping 
on the shore, where, as of old, with tears and groans and 
griefs racking his heart, he watched the barren sea and 
poured forth tears. And now Kalypso, the heavenly god- 


162 OAYSSEIAS E. 


‘Eppelav 8’ épéewe Kadvuyo, dia Oedov, 
év Opove idpicaca hacw@, oiyadoevTe* 
‘Timre pot, ‘Eppyeia ypuodppari, eidndovbas 


aidotos Te pidos Te; Mdpos ye pev ov TL Oapifers. 


avda & tL ppovéeis* Tedécar SE pe Oupos dvwyer, 

et OUvapat Tedéoat ye Kal ei TeTEAETpEVOY éoTIV. 

[arr’ érreo mpotépw, wa tor map Eeivia Oeiw.| 
“Qs dpa dwvjcaca Ged rrapéOnxe tpdmeCav 

> / / / \ / > 4 

apBpocins mrAjcaca, Képacce Sé véxtap épuOpor. 
9. & c ta) ‘ i- / > / 

avTap o tive Kat Hobe SiudKTopos apyerpovrns. 

avtap émel Selrvnoe kal pape Ovpov édwdy, 

kal Tote 8) pw eErecow aperBopevos mpocéertrev* 
‘ Kipwtds wp edOovta Oecd Ocov: adtap éyo Tot 

vnpeptéws Tov pdO0ov évicryncw: Kédear yap. 

Zevs ewe y Hnvayer Sedp’ EAOéuev ove €OédovTa* 

tis 8° ay éxov Ttoocdvde Svadpduor aduvpov bdwp 


ba 2O7/ 4 a / Y e 
domerov ; ovoé TIS ayyt Bpotav tons, of Te Ocoiow 


e , c/s \ b] e / 
lepa Te péfovot kal é€alrouvs éxaTopwPBas. 
GdrAa pan od Tas éott Aids voov aiytoxoto 
ovTe mrapeEeAOeiy adXov Oeov oVO’ addiocat. 
/ ” a > / ELA 
pynoi Tor avépa TAPEeLvat ovfupwratov arror, 
A + A \ , , , 
Tov avdpav ob aoru mépt II piapowo payovto 
7 
elvdetes, Sexat@ Sé€ modkw TépoavTes EBnoay 
oixad’+ arap év vootm "AOnvainy aXdirovTo, 


ce b] fa) > wT / \ , / 
h obw érapo avewov tre Kaxdv Kal KvYpaTa paKpda. 


[év0’ ddrot pev mavtes arrépOiOev écOrol Eraipor, 


95 


100 


105 


11¢ 


\ a a hs 
tov 8’ dpa Sedp’ dveuos Te hépwrv Kal Kdpa Tédacce.] 


\ a > 
TOV viv o Hvw@yew aTroTrewTéuev STTL TAaYLOTA* 
e a 
ov ydp ol TH’ aica dirwv arroviodw dréoOat, 
> a 
GX’ Eri ot poip’ ect dirous 7’ idéew Kal ixécOas 


THE ODYSSEY, V. ~~ 1638 


dess, questioned Hermes, when she had seated him upon 
a bright and shining chair : 

“Pray, Hermes of the golden wand, why are you come, 
honored and welcome though you are? You were not 
often with me hitherto. Speak what you have in mind ; 
my heart bids me to do it, if I can do it and it is a thing 
that can be done. But follow me first, and let me give 
you entertainment.” 

Speaking thus, the goddess laid a table, loading it with 
ambrosia and mixing ruddy nectar; and so the guide, the 
Speedy-comer, drank and ate. But when he had supped 
and stayed his heart with food, then thus he answered her 
and said : - 

“Goddess, you question me, a god, about my coming 
hither, and I will truly tell my story, as you bid. Zeus 
ordered me to come, against my will. Who of his own 
accord would cross such stretches of salt sea? Inter- 
minable! And no city of men at hand to make an offer- 
ing to the gods and bring them chosen hecatombs. Nev- 
ertheless the will of egis-bearing Zeus no other god may 
cross or set at naught. He says a man is with you ina 
more piteous case than any of those who fought before 
the town of Priam nine years long, and in the tenth de- 
stroyed the city and departed homeward. These on their 
homeward way offended Athene, who raised ill winds 
against them and a heavy sea. Thus all the rest of his 
good comrades perished, but him the driving wind and 
water brought in here. This is the man whom Zeus now 
bids you send away, and quickly too, for it is not ordained 
that he shall perish far from friends; it is his lot once 


164 OAYSSEIAS E. 


otxov és inpopodhov Kal énv és matpida yatav.’ 

‘Qs haro, plynoev 5¢ Karvy, Sia Oedor, 
kai pv dovncas érea TrEepoevTa Tpoanvoa* 

‘ SyérAcol €ore, Oeol, Snrijpoves éEoyov adXov, 
of te Ocais aydacbe rap avdpacw edtvalecPat 
dphadinv, hv tis Te pirov toujoeT aKolrny. 
&s péev 67 ’Dpiwv’ ero pododaxturos *Hos, 
Toppa ot nydacbe Deol peta Swovres, - 

4 4 > > / , ” e “ 
Ews pv ev ‘Optuyin ypvodOpovos “Apremis ayvi) 
ols dyavois Bedéeoow érrovyouévn Kxarérepvev. 
a >. | / b f / 

as 8 omot “lactwrt évrdoKxapos Anunrnp, 

® Ovu@ ei~aca, piyn pirornte Kal ebv7 

n / »>O\ \ 9 bl 
vel@ Eve TpLiTTOA@* ovde SHV Hey AmrvaTOS 

\ 4 / \ > A “” 
Zevs, ds pw Katérepve Barov apyhnrs Kepavve. 


115 


126 


Hs 5° ad vov pot ayaobe, Oeol, Bpotov advdpa tapeivar. 


Tov pev éyov éodwoa Tepl Tpdris BeBadta 
olov, érrel of vipa Oonv apynre Kepavve 

Zevs Eoas éxéaooe péow evi oivoTs TovTe. 
&vO” adrou pev mavtes aTréhOiOev écOrol Eraipor, 


Pa , an 
Tov 5° dpa Sdevp dvewos te hépwv Kal Kvpa rédNacce. 


Tov pev eyo piredv Te Kal Etpehov, nde EpacKov 
Ojncew abdvarov Kal aynpev tata raya. 
GXN’ érrel ov tas ett Atos voov airytoyoto 
ovTe mape&eAOciv aAXov Ody ovO’ adidcat, 
éppéTo, el jury Kelvos érroTpiver Kal avwryet, 


180 


185 


4 / 
mwovrov ém atpuyetov. méurpw Sé pv ov m1 eyo yer 140 


ov yap pot Tapa vhes émnpeTmot Kal éraipot, 
ot Kév pv Téutrovey err’ evpéa vora Oartoons* 
> / c / e £. >Q9 »> 4 
avTap ot mpodpwv troOncopat, ovd’ érixeioa, 
as Ke pan aoxnO)s ty watpida yaiav txnra.. 


— 


THE ODYSSEY, V. 165 


more to see his friends and reach his high-roofed house 
and native land.” 

As he said this, Kalypso, the heavenly goddess, shud- 
dered, and speaking to him in winged words she said: 
“You gods are hard and envious beyond all, to grudge 


. the goddesses their meeting men in open wedlock, when 


one makes the man she loves her husband. Thus was it 
when the rosy-fingered Dawn had chosen Orion, you gods 
that live at ease grudged him to her continually, till at 


_ Ortygia chaste gold-throned Artemis attacked and slew 


him with her gentle arrows. When, too, fair-haired De- 
méter, following her heart, lay with Iasion in the thrice- 
ploughed field, not long was Zeus unmindful, but he slew 
him, hurling his gleaming bolt. So now again, you gods 
grudge me the mortal tarrying here. Yet it was I who 
saved him, as he rode astride his keel alone, when Zeus 
with a gleaming bolt had smitten his swift ship and 
wrecked it in the middle of the wine-dark sea. Thus all 
the rest of his good comrades perished, but him the driv- 
ing wind and water brought in here. I cared for him 
and tended him, and often said that I would make him 
an immortal, young forever. But since the will of exgis- 
bearing Zeus no other god may cross or set at naught, 
let him depart, if Zeus insists and orders, over the barren 
sea! Only I will not send him on his way, for I have 
no ships fitted with oars, nor crews to bear him over the 
broad ocean-ridges; but I will freely give him counsel, 
and I will not hide how he may come unharmed to his 
own native land.” 


166 OAYSSEIAS E. 


Tiv 8’ adte mpocéeume SudKtopos apyerporvTns* 145 
‘ ovtw viv amdmeure, Atos 8’ érroriveo whvu, 
un Tes ToL peTOTLG0e KoTETodpevos YaeTTHVY. 

e / 

‘As dpa phwvycas améBn Kpatds apyevpovTns: 

9 8 ém ’Odvocha peyadjtopa TroTua vied 

ne, ere 61 Znvos éréxdrvev ayyedtdov. 150 
a bd 

Tov 8’ ap’ én’ axis etpe kaOnpevov* ovdé Trot’ doce 

Saxpuddiv tépcovto, Kate(Beto dé yAuKvs al@v 

‘ > / > > / 4 4 
vooTov ddupopéve@, émrel ovKéTe Hvdave vipdn. 
> 9 ® 4 \ > 4 > / 

GAN’ 4 Tor viKTas pev lavecKey Kal avayKn 

éy omrécat yNadhupoiot map’ ovx eOérwv eOedovcn* 155 
ba ae 2 / } Se bi 

jHpata © év métpnot Kal nioverot Kalifwv 

[Sdxpvot Kal orovayjor Kal adyeot Oupoy épéyOar] 

Ul > 29 J 4 8 / 5 / / 
movrov én’ atptyetov Sepxécketo Sadxpva reiBov. 
) n pte. / : , lal / 
ayxov 5’ ictayévn tpocedaovee Sia Oedwv: 

‘ Kappope, py poor ér’ év0ad’ dddpeo, undé Tot aiw@y 160 
POwétwo* dn yap ce para tpddpaco’ aroréurpo. 
GXN dye Sovpata paxpa Ttapav apuofeo yadKo 
evpelay oxedinv' atap ixpia mi—as én’ avris 
e a] A / : > / 4 
inpod, ws ce phépnow én’ hepoevdéa TovTor. 
avTap éyw citov Kat tdwp Kal olvoy épuOpov 165 
b] a) 4 4) cf / \ - A 6 
évOnow pevoeixé’, & Kev ToL Aipov épv«ot, 

7 > > / / , 9 4 

eluata T apdiéow, méurw Sé ToL ovpov dricOer, 

iA 4/~? > \ \ Qn 7 
os Ke par acKknOyns onv twatplda yaiay ixnat, 

yy / > m7 > \ ae. y 
ai xe Oeoi y é0édwot, Tol ovpavoy edpdy Exovew, 

of ev héptepol eiot vonoal.te kphval te.’ 170 

"Qs hato, plynoev &@ mordtras Sios "Odvaceds, 
kal piv povicas rea trepdevTa Tpocnvda* 

‘"Adnro Te 87 ov, Oecd, TOde pHdeat OSE TL TromTiy, 
) pe Kédeat oyedin Twepdav péya Aaitpa Oardoons, 


THE ODYSSEY, V. 167 


Then said to her the guide, the Speedy-comer: “ Even 
so, then, let him go! Beware the wrath of Zeus! Let 
not his anger by and by grow hot against you!” 

So saying, the powerful Speedy-comer went his way, 
while the potent nymph hastened to brave Odysseus when 

f ‘she heard the words of Zeus. Upon the shore she found 
him sitting, and from his eyes the tears were never dried ; 
his sweet life ebbed away in longings for his home, be- 
cause the nymph pleased him no more. Yet did he always 
lie by night, though by constraint, within the hollow grotto, 
unwilling by her willing side; but in the daytime, sitting 
on the rocks and sands, with tears and groans and griefs 
racking his heart, he watched the barren sea and poured 
forth tears. So drawing near, the heavenly goddess said. 
to him: 

“ Ah, ill-starred man, sorrow no longer here, nor let 
your days be wasted, for I at last will freely let you go. 
Come, then, hew the long timbers and fashion with your 
axe a broad-beamed boat; lay a high deck across, and 
let it bear you over the misty sea. I will supply you 
bread, water, and ruddy wine such as you like, to keep off 
hunger; I will provide you clothing and will send a wind 
to follow, that you may come unharmed to your own 
native land,—if the gods will, who hold the open sky, 
for they are mightier than I to purpose or fulfil.” 

As she said this, royal long-tried Odysseus shuddered, 
and speaking to her in winged words he said: 

“Some other purpose, goddess, you surely have in this 
than aid upon my way, when you thus bid me cross in a 
boat that great gulf of the sea — terrible, toilsome — 


168 OAYSSEIAS E. 


Sewvoyv t apyadéov te: TO 8 ovd’ emi vies éicar 
b] 4 / > / \ bd 
@KUTOpOL TEpOwWalW, ayadAOpevat Atos ovpy. 
ovd’ dy éyav déxnts céOev oyedins émiBalnv, 
> / / / e b] / 
et pn por Trains ye, Jed, péyav SpKov budcoat 
py Th por adTt@ Tha Kakdv Bovrevoéuev dro. 
\ / / a 
“Qs Paro, peldnoev € Kaduwo, dia Ocdor, 
/ / 4 
xelpi TE pov KaTépetev Eros T épat ex T dvomater: 
> \ / 
‘°H 61 aditpds x éoot Kal od arododua cides, 
\ fa) 
olov 61 Tov piOov éreppacOns ayopedcat. 
54 a L 6 tal } bd \ eS, 4 0 
lotw viv Tode yala Kal ovpavds evpds trrepbe 
\ \ / \ ef ¢ / 
Kal TO KaTeiBopevoy Yruyos Vdwp, 65 Te péytaTos 
bpKos Sewotaros Te médet paxdpecot Oeoict, 


/ / > n a \ / - 
Nn TL col aVT@ Thwa KaKxov Bovrevoeuev AdXo. 


adda Ta pev vodw Kal dpdocopat, doo adv éwol tep 


avTh pndoiunv, Ste we yperm Toor iow" 
kal yap éuol voos early évaicipos, ovdé pou avTh 
Oupos evil oTnPecat oidynpeos, adr édenpov.’ 

“Qs dpa povnicac’ jyjoato Sia Oedwv 
Kaptranriwws: 6 8° érevta pet tyvia Baive Oeoio. 
iEov Sé omeios yAadupov Beds 75€ Kal avyp, 
kal p’ 0 pev evOa Kabéfer’ émi Opovov &Oev avéorn 
‘Eppelas, viedn 8” eres mapa tacav édwdip, 
écOew Kat mivew, ola Bpotol avdpes ovow* 
avtn 8° avriov ev "Odvacnos Oeiovo, 

Th dS€ tap’ auBpocinv dSuwal cal véerap Onkav. 
ot 8’ én’ éveiad’ érotpa tpoKelueva yeipas laddov. 
avTap érel tTaprncav édntvos He TOTHTOS, 

Tois dpa piOwv hpye Kaduyo, dia Sedov: 

* Avoyevés Aaeptiddyn, torvpnyav’ ’Odvoced, 
ottw 57 oixovde pirnv és marpida yatav 


175 


180 


185 


190 


195 


THE ODYSSEY, V. 169 


which trim ships cannot cross, although they speed so 
fast, glad in the breeze of Zeus. But I will never, not- 
withstanding what you say, set foot upon a boat till you 
submit, goddess, to swear a mighty oath never again to 
plot against me cruel wrong.” 

He spoke; Kalypso, the heavenly goddess, smiled, pat- 
ted him with her hand and spoke*thus, saying : 

“You are a cunning rogue, never inclined to folly! 
How could you think of uttering such a word! Hear 
this, then, Earth, and the broad Heaven above, and thou 
down-flowing water of Styx! — which is the strongest and 
most dreaded oath amongst the blessed gods, — I never 
again will plot against you cruel wrong. Nay, I have 
that in mind, and that I here propose, which I should 
seek for my own good were such need laid on me. In- 
deed, my thoughts are upright; no iron heart is in my 
breast, but one of pity.” 

Saying this, the heavenly goddess led the way in haste, 
and he walked after in the footsteps of the goddess. And 
now they reached the hollow grotto, the goddess and the 
man, and he sat down upon the chair whence Hermes had 
arisen. The nymph then set before him all food to eat 
and drink which men are wont to use, and took her seat 
on the other side, over against noble Odysseus, while for 
her needs the maids set forth ambrosia and nectar; then 
on the food spread out before them they laid hands. So 
after they had enjoyed their food and drink, then thus 
began Kalypso, the heavenly goddess : 

“ High-born son of Laértes, ready Odysseus, do you so 
wish to go home at once to your own native land? Fare- 


170 OAYSSEIAS E. 


avtixa viv éOéreus iévar; av Sé yaipe Kal Ewrmns. 205 
el ye péev eldelns ono dpeclv boca To aica 

/ b) > fol \ ia ce / 

Knde avaTd\joa, Tplv tatpiia yatav ixéoOa, 

evOade x adO&u pévav ory enol téde Sdpya hurdocors 

BJ / l4 % by4 ¢ / 4 PANE 

aOdvatos T eins, yueipomevos trep tdécOas 

onv addoxov, THS aiev éé\Ocar HuaTa TavTa. 210 
ov pév Onv Kelvns ye xepelwv evyowat elvat, 

ov Séuas, ovdé puny, érel od tas ovdé Eorxe 

Oyntas abavarnor Séwas Kal eidos épifew. 

Tv & atraperBopevos mpocédn trorvpntis ‘Odvaceds: 
‘qrotva Ped, wn pot TOde yoweo* oda Kal avTos 215 
TavTa par, ovveka oelo trepippwv IInvedorreva 
¥ 2 > / / / > > / PANE A 
eldos axidvotépn péyeOos T eiodyta idécPar: 

. ‘ / , \ > b] / \ > ‘d 

 pev yap Bpotos éott, od 8 abdvatos Kal aynpos. 
GAA Kal Bs €OéX\w Kal ééXOopwar Huata ravra 

olxadé 7 EXéwevar Kal vdotiysov Huap idécOat. 220 
> > s 4 / A > \ SYA Ud 

et 8° av Tis painor Ocdy evi oivoTrt TovTa, 

TAjncopar év oTHPecow exwv TaratrevOéa Oupov: 

On yap para TOAN ErraSov Kal TOAN éeuoynoa 

UA / \ \ 4 a / 9 
KUpacl Kal ToAgu@ peTa Kal Tdde ToloL yevécOu. 

“Qs par’, Hédtos 8 dp’ &u Kat emt Kvédas HrAOev* 2 

A > 2 , A / rn 
éXOovtes 8’ dpa TO ye puyY@ otrelovs yAadupoto 
teptrécOnv piroTntl, Tap’ adAdAnAOLoL pévoVTES. 

*"Hyos 8’ jpryévera havn pododdxruros ’Has, 

> iD) oe \ ” 7 a / ¢ » rahe \ 
avtiy’ o pev yNalvdy Te yiT@Va Te EvvuT ’Odvaceds, 

> \ ee A a) / 7 UA 
avtn 8’ apyidpeov papos péya Evvvto viudn, 230 
AerrTOv Kal yapiev, wept Sé Saovnv Barer iévi 
Kadnv xpvoeinv: Kepary 8’ épdrrepOe xadvrTpny* 

\ (ee | a / A / 
kat ToT ’Oduvcoj. peyadjtope pndeto Trommyy. 

Sake pév of TédeKvY péyav, Apuevoy ev Taddunot, 


THE ODYSSEY, V- | 171 


well, then, even so! But if you knew within your mind 
what measure of woe you must fulfil before you reach 
that native land, you would remain with me and keep this 
house and be immortal, spite of your wish to see your 
wife, whom you are always longing for day after day. 
Yet not beneath her do I count myself, either in form or 
stature; for surely it is unlikely that mortal women rival 
the immortals in form and beauty.” 

Then wise Odysseus answered her and said: “ Powerful 
goddess, do not for this be wroth with me. Full well I 
know that heedful Penelope, compared with you, is poor to 
look upon in height and beauty; for she is human, but 
you, being an immortal, are never touched with years. 
Yet even so, I wish — yes, every day I long — to travel 
home and see my day of coming. And if again one of 
the gods shall wreck me on the wine-dark sea, I will be 
patient still, having within my breast a heart well-tried 
with trouble; for in times past much have I borne and 
much have toiled, in waves and war; to that, let this be 
added.” 

As he thus spoke the sun went down and darkness 
came; and so the two, hid in the hollow grotto, joyed in 
their love, abiding by each other. 

Soon as the early rosy-fingered Dawn appeared, quickly 
Odysseus dressed in cloak and tunic, and the nymph 
dressed herself in a long robe of silver-white, finespun 
and graceful, she bound a beautiful golden girdle round 
her waist, and set her veil upon her head. ‘Then she pre- 
pared to send forth brave Odysseus. She gave him a 
great axe, which fitted well his hand; it was an axe of 


172 OAYSSEIAS E. 


xarKeov, aupotépwley axaypévov: aitap év avT@ 85 
OTElNELOY TrEpiKarXes EAdWWOV, ev Evapnpos* 
an \ / 9/7 9 > € an 
dake 8° Erecta ocKérrapvoy évEoov: Hpye 8° odoto 
/ Wee, Fete | a v4 / \ / 
vhoov ém éoyartins, 60c Sévdpea paxpa trepv«et, 
/ ? by 4 ? =r, / > & > , 
KAnOpyn T alryepos T, EXaTH T HV ovpavounxKns, 
ava Tddat, Tepiknra, TA ol TAWOLEY édadpas. 240 
avtap émeby Self 601 Sévdpea paxpa tredixet, 
» pev Bn pos Sua Kadvwo, dia Ocdov, 
ha ¢ , a r a , ¢c » ” 
avTap 0 Tauveto dovpas Oows Sé of Hvuto épyov. 
Pr > + / L > + 
elxoot 5 xPare Tavta, TeheKKnoe 8 dpa Yarke, 
Eéooe 5° érictapévas Kal ért otdOunv iOvve. 245 
\ lal / 
Toppa 8° éverxe répetpa Karvuyo, dia Oedwv: 
> / 
tétpnvev 8 dpa mavta Kal Hppmocev add/roLo1, 
»” 
youdoow 8° dpa thy ye Kal appovinow dpaccer. 
- ee 
dacov Tis tT eados.vnds TopyOceTar avip 
gopridos edpelns, ed eid@s TexTocvVawr, 250 
a 4 
Toccov én’ evpeiay oyedinv Troujoar ’Odvacets. 
ixpia 5é€ othoas, apapov Oapéot ctapiverct, 
mole’ aTap paxphow émrnyKeviderot TedevTA. 
év 8’ iorov troier Kal érixpov appevov avT@: 
mpos 8’ dpa mndadov toujoato, opp’ iOvvor. 255 
/ / er \ > oh 
ppdge Sé pw pitrerot Siaptrepés oicvivyct 
KUpatos ldap Euevs todd 8’ erreyevato UAnv. 
Toppa 5é pape’ everxe Karuwo, Sia Sedov, 
e / , ec > 9 lA \ / 
latia troncacbar: o 8 ed TexvnoaTo Kal Td. 
év 8’ birépas Te KddovS Te Todas 7 évédncev év AVTH, 261 
° a. / / > fA an 
poydotow 8’ dpa tHv ye Katelpvoey eis dra Siav. 
U4 = 4 \ tal f id . 
Tetpatrov jyuap env, kal to TeTéXMeoTO aravTa 
T® 8’ dpa tréurre téun’ ard vycov Sia Kadvwo, 
4 
eluata 7 audiécaca Ovodea Kal rovcaca. 


THE ODYSSEY, V. 173 


bronze, sharp on both sides, and had a beautiful olive 
handle, strongly fastened; she gave him, too, a polished 
adze. And now she led the way far off along the island 
to where the trees grew tall —alder and poplar and sky- 
stretching pine, long-seasoned, very dry, that would float 
lightly. When she had shown him where the trees grew 
tall, homeward Kalypso went, the heavenly goddess, while 
he began to cut the timber. Soon his work was done. 
Twenty in all he felled, and trimmed them with the axe, 
smoothed them with skill, and to the line he brought them 
level. Meanwhile, Kalypso, the heavenly goddess, brought 
him augers, and so he bored each piece and fitted them 
together and thus with pins and morticings fastened his 
boat. As when a man skilful in carpentry fashions the 
hull of a broad freight-ship, of such a size Odysseus built 
_ the broad-beamed boat. Putting in decks and jointing 
them to close-set ribs he built her, and then with long 
side-planking finished off. A mast he made and sail-yard 
fitted to it; he made a rudder, too, with which to steer. 
And then he caulked the boat from end to end with wil- 
low withes, to guard against the waves, and laid on wood 
in plenty. Meanwhile, Kalypso, the heavenly goddess, 
brought him cloth to make the sail, and well did he con- 
trive this too. Braces and halyards and sheet-ropes he 
set up in her and then with levers heaved her down into 
the sacred sea. 

The fourth day came, and he had finished all. So on 
the fifth divine Kalypso sent him from the island, putting 
upon him fragrant clothes and giving him a bath. A skin 

18 


174 OAYSSEIAS E. 


év 5é ot doxov €Onke Sed pédXavos oivoto 
\ 4 4 9-1 / b] \ s 
Tov €repov, Erepov &’ datos péyav, év Sé nal ja 
KkwpiKp: év Oé of dra TiOer pevoetnéa TroANG* 
om \ / > / / / 
ovpov Sé mpoéncey aTriwovd Te Avapor Te. 
ynOdcvvos 8’ otp@ tétac’ ictia Sios ’Odvacedts. 
| ae ¢ / 397 / 
avuTap o mndarim iOvveto TexvnévTas 
Huevos* ovdé of barvos éml Bredhdpoiow erumte 
IT\niddas 7 écopdvtt Kal oe dSvovta Bowrnv 
"Apxtov 0’, iv Kal dpakav érikAnow Kadéovow, 
4% 7T avtod otpédetat kai 7 ’"Npiwva Soxever, 
oin 5’ Gupopos éots Noetpav ’Qxeavoio: 
Thv yap &n pw dvoye Karvuyo, dia Oedov, 
TovToTopEevéwevar eT” ApiaTEpa yYeipos exovTa. 


€ \ \ \ / \ / a 4 
émTa 5€ Kal déxa pev Wréev Huata TrovTotropetar, 


> , ? > / pA , 
oxtwKaioecdtn 8 épavn dpea oKievta 
yains Paujxwv, 601 7 ayxiotov wédev avTo@: 
” aries oe ee > ’ , r 
elaato 5’ @s Ore piwov év hnepoedée TovTY. 
\ / 
Tov 8 €€ Ai@orav aviwv kpelwv evoorlyOwv 
, 
Tnrobev éx Lorvpov opéwv Sev: elcato yap of 
/ lal 
TOvTov éTiTAM@MV: O 0 exooaTo KNpOOL pardXo»r, 
/ \ / \, aA f Ld 
kwnhoas Sé€ Kapn tpoti dv pvOncato Ovpov: 


‘* root, para §) pereBovrevoav Geol arAXws 


ah’ ’Odsvone eueto pet’ AiOvorrecow éovTos, 
kal 8 PDainxov yains cxedov, &vOa ot aica 
> / / Cal > 4 A 4 / 
expuyeew peéya teipap ovfvos, 7) puly iKavet* 
GAN’ ére pév ply dns Gdnv éAXdav KaKornTos.’ 
“Ds eitrav ctvayev vedhéras, érdpake 5é rovTov 
xepol tplawav édov: tracas 8’ dpd0uvey dédAXras 
Tavtolwv avéwwv, oly dé vedéeror Kaduripe 
a $ nr \ / BJ , 5’ > 0 tA 
yaiay opod Kal movTov: opwper 8’ ovpavobev vvé. 


270 


275 


THE ODYSSEY, V. 175 


the goddess gave him, filled with dark wine, a second large 
one full of water, and in a sack some corn. She put into 
the boat whatever dainties pleased his taste and sent 
along his course a soft and gentle breeze. Joyfully to 
the breeze royal Odysseus spread his sail, and with his 
rudder skilfully he steered from where he sat. No sleep 
fell on his eyelids as he gazed upon the Pleiads, on Bodtes, 
setting late, and on the Bear that men call too the Wain, 
which turns around one spot, watching Orion,and alone 
dips not in the ocean-stream. For Kalypso, the heavenly 
goddess, bade him to cross the sea keeping this on his 
left ; so seventeen days he sailed across the sea. On the 
eighteenth there came in sight the dim heights of Phaia- 
kia, where nearest him it lay; it looked like a shield upon 
the misty sea. 

But now the great Earth-shaker, coming from Ethiopia, 
spied him afar from the mountains of the Solymoi, for 
Odysseus came in sight as he sailed along the sea; and 
Poseidon grew more wroth in spirit, and, shaking his head, 
he muttered to his heart: 

* Aha! so then the gods have changed their purposes 
about Odysseus, while I was with the Ethiopians! And 
here he is close on the coast of the Phaiakians, where he 
is destined to escape from the great coil of evil that sur- 
rounds him. Yet still I think that I shall drive him into 
sufficient trouble.” 

So saying, he gathered clouds and stirred the deep, 
grasping the trident in his hands; he started tempests 
of winds from every quarter, and with his clouds covered 
both land and sea; night broke from heaven; Euros 


176 OAYSSEIAS E. 


aiv 5’ Edpos te Noros 7 émece Zépupds te Svcais 

wal Bopéns aidpnyevérns, péya xdpa Kvdlvoov. 

kal tor’ ’Odvocios AvTO youvata Kal hirov Hrop, 

3 / 4 s \ a / / 

dyOncas 5’ dpa eime pos Ov peyadnTopa Ovpov* 
“") pow éeym Seiros, Tl vd poe pyKkiota yévnrat ; 

de(dw py 8 ravta Sed vnpeptéa eizrev, 

¢ 7» _ / \ / ae eT 0, 

h we épar’ év rovt@, mplv tatpida yatav ixéc Oat, 

adye avarrAncew: ta bé 8) viv mdvTa TerciTaAL, 

ty / / > \ > \ 

olovow vedéecor Tepiotéper ovpavoy evpvv 

Zevs, érdpake Sé wovtov, émvctépyovar 8’ deat 

TavtToiwy avéwov. vov por o@$ aimds OrEOpos. 

TpiopdaKxapes Aavaol kal TerpdKis, of TOT ddovTO 

Tpoin év evpetn, yapw ’Atpeldnot hépovtes. 

@s 52 eyo y Sherov Oavéew nal rwétpov émictreiv 

Hatt T@ OTe pou WrEioToL yadrKHpea Sovpa 

Tpdes éréppupav mepi IIndelwve Oavovte. 

T® «K Edayov KTEpéwv, Kal pev KréEos Hyov “Ayatoi: 

vov dé we Nevyaréw Oavadt@ eipapto ad@vat.’ 


“Qs dpa pw eirovt’ eracey péya kdua Kat’ dxpns, 


Sewov érecovpevov, tepl S¢ oyedinv érédu€e. 
tire 8° amo oyedins adros méce, mndardsov dé 
> ” / / / © \ 7 

éx yelpwv mpoénKes pécov Sé of icrov éake 
Sewn picyouevov avéuov érXOodoa OvedXa, 
Tnrod S€ otretpoy Kal éerrixpiov Eumece TOVTO. 


810 


tov 8’ dp’ srdBpvya Oke troddv ypdvov, odd’ euvdeOn 


aia pan dvoyeBéew peyddou bd Kipatos opyis* 
elwata yap p éBdpuve, ta of Tope Sia Kadvyo. 

owe dé 59 f’ avédu, cropatos 8 ékértucev GAwnv 
TiKpHV, H Ot TOA?) ard KpaTos Kedaputer. 

GXX’ ob’ ws oxedins émednOeTo, TeLpopevds Tep, 


THE ODYSSEY, V. 177 


and Notos rushed forth together, hard-blowing Zephyros, 
and sky-born Boreas, rolling up heavy waves. Then did 
Odysseus’ knees grow feeble, and his very soul, and in 
dismay he said to his stout heart: 

“ Ah, woe is me! What now will be my end? I fear 
that all the goddess told was true, when she declared that 
on the sea, before I reached my tiative land, I should be 
filled with sorrow. Now all is come to pass. See with 
what clouds Zeus overcasts the open sky! He set the 
deep astir, and storms of wind are hurrying from every 
quarter. Now instant death is sure. Thrice, four times 
happy Danaiins who in the time gone by fell on the plain 
of Troy to please the sons of Atreus! Would I had died 
there, too, and met my doom the day a multitude of Tro- 
jans hurled at me brazen spears over the body of the son 
of Peleus! Then had I found a burial, and the Achaians 
had borne my name afar. Now I must be cut off by an 
inglorious death.” 

As he thus spoke, a great wave tacks on high, with a 
mad plunge, whirling his boat around; far from the boat 
he fell and dropped the rudder from his hand. The mast 
snapped in the middle under the wild storm of opposing 
winds that struck, and far in the sea canvas and sail-yard 
fell. The water held him long submerged; he could not 
quickly rise after the crash of the great wave, for the 
clothes weighed him down which divine Kalypso gave. 
At length, however, he came up, spitting from out his 
mouth the bitter brine which plentifully trickled from his 
head. Yet even then, spent as he was, he did not forget 


178 OAYSSEIAS E. 


Grd peOopunOels evi Kbpacw éArdaBer’ adrijs, 825 
év péoon Sé& Kabife tédos Oavdrou anecivor. 
Tiv 8° épdpes péya Kdpa Kata pdov evOa nai évOa. 
&s § br dmwpwos Bopéns hopénow axavOas 
du mediov, wuxwat 5 mpos adANAnoWw ExovTat, 
ds tHv Au méAayos avewor hépov évOa Kai évOa: 330 
Grote pév te Notos Bopén rpoBdreoxe hépecOar, 
ddrote 8 adr Eipos Zedipw elfacke Soke. 

Tov 88 tev Kddpou Ovyarnp, cadrriodupos “Ivo, 
Acvxobén, 4) mplv pev env Bpotos avdjecca, 
vov 8 ddos év Terdyecou Oeav é& Eupope Timijs. 835 
oe 
[aiOvin 8° éuxvia morh avediceto Aipvys,| 


Odvo% edénoev adopevov, aye ExovTa* 


ige 8° emt oyedins morvdéopov elrré te pdOov: 
‘ Kdupope, timte tor ade IIoceddwv évociybav 
@dvcat éxmdyws, STL TOL KAKA TOAAA guTeEvet ; 340 
> \ / / / / 
ov pev 89 ce Katapbice, para Tep peveaivov. 
GNA pan od” Epa, Soxéers SE wor ovK arrwicce* 
7 a_> > \ / | Sey 4 / 
elwata TadT amrod’s oyxedinv avéworor héperOar 
KdAMUT, aTap yelpecot véwy eTtwaleo VOTTOU 
yains Paijxwv, 601 Tou poip’ éotiv arvéat. 845 
a \ , , e \ / / 
Th dé, Tode KpHSeuvov UO oTEépvolo TavYVTcat 
duBporov: ovdé Ti Tor mabéew dSéos odd’ arrorecOa. 
a > ae / > / > / 
avTap émny xelpecow eharreat nTreipoto, 
dap arodvodpevos Baréew eis olvoTra TovToV 
moAdov an’ Hreipov, avtos 8’ arovords tpaTrécOas.’ 350 
“Qs dpa dovncaca bed xpndepvov ewxer, 
\ 
avtn 8’ aap és movtov édvceTo KupaivovTa 
aiOvin éixvias pédav Oé € Kdpa KddAvYfeP. 
¢ a 
avTap o pwepunpie TrodvTAas Sios ’Odvaceds, 


THE ODYSSEY, V. 179 


his boat, but pushing on amongst the waves laid hold of 
her, and in her middle got a seat and so-escaped death's 
ending. But her the great wave drove along its current, 
up and down. As when in autumn Boreas drives thistle- 
heads along the plain, and close they cling together, so her 
along the water did the winds drive up and down. One 
moment Notos tossed her on for Boreas to drive; the 
next would Euros give her up for Zephyros to chase. 

But the daughter of Kadmos saw him, fair-ankled Ino, 
that goddess pale who formerly was mortal and of human 
speech, but now in the water’s depths shares the gods’ 
honors. She pitied Odysseus, cast away and meeting 
sorrow, and like a petrel on the wing she rose from the 
sea’s trough, and lighting on his jointed boat she spoke 
to him these words: 

“ Ah, ill-starred man, why is it that the earth-shaking 
Poseidon is so furiously enraged that he makes many 
woes spring up around you? Destroy you he shall not, 
whatever be his purpose! Only do this,— you seem to 
me not to lack understanding. Strip off these clothes, 
leaving your boat for the winds to carry, and strike out 
with your arms to seek a landing on the Phaiakian coast, 
where fate allows you safety. Here, spread this wimple 
underneath your breast. It is immortal; have no fear of 
suffering or death. But when with your hands you touch 
the land, untie and fling the wimple into the wine-dark 
sea, well off the shore, and turn yourself away.” 

Saying this, the goddess gave the wimple, and she her- 
self plunged back into the surging sea, in the likeness of 
a petrel. The dark wave closed around. Then hesitated 


180 OAYSSEIAS E. 


dyOnoas 8’ dpa eltre mpos by peyadyntopa Oupor: 855 
“"2 por eyo, wn tis por bdalvnow Sdrov avdTe 
Gavatwv, Ste pe cxedins aroBhvat avoryer. 
GANA pan ov Tw Telcom’, érel Exds dPOarpoicr 
yatav éyav iddounv, 606 wor Pato veo eivar. 
Gra pan’ od’ Ew, Soxéer Sé pou elvar dpicrov: 360 
bpp av pév Kev Sodpar’ év adppovinow apypn, 
Topp avTod pevéw Kal TAjcomaL adyea Tacyev* 
avrap émiy 84 wor oxedinv Sia Kdpa twakn, 
vntou’, érel ov pév TL Tapa mpovohcat dpwevvov.’ 
Eios 6 tad0’ dpyawe Kata dpéva kal xata Ovpov, 36 
a@poe 8° él péya xdpa IToceibdwv évoclybav, 
Sewdv 7 adpyaréov Te, KaTnpedes, Hrace 8° avTov. 
ws 8’ dvepos Cans jlov Onudva tivdkn 
Kapparéov, TA ev ap te SvecKkédac’ AdAvbis AAA, 
as ths Sovpata pakpa Svecxédac’. avtap ’Odvaceds 370 
aud’ évi Sovpatr Baive, KédnO’ ws tov édatvar, 
eijuara 8’ é€aréduve, Td of trope Sia Kaduo. 
avtixa 5 xpndeuvov td orépvotwo Tavuaccer, 
autos Sé mpnvis ddl KdtIrece, Yeipe TeTdocas, 
vnyéwevar pepaws: ide dé xpelwv évociybar, 875 
Kiwhoas 5é Kdpn mpotl dv pvOncaro Ovpdv: 
‘ Oitm viv Kaka Toda TAVoY Gow KaTa ToVTO)?, 
eis 6 Kev avOpwrrotot Siotpedéerot pvynns* 
GX 0v8’ @s oe &odATra bvdccEec Oat KaKOTNTOS.’ 
“Qs dpa hovncas tuacev xadrltpryas tarrovs, 880 
ixeto ©’ eis Aiyads, 601 of krvTa dapat’ eacw. 
Aitap ’A@nvatn, xovpn Aros, GAN évdnoev: 
) ToL TOY GdrAwv dvéuwv KaTédSnoe KEedevOous, 
mavoacbar 8’ éxédXevoe Kal ebvnOAvar Grraytas: 


THE ODYSSEY, V. 181 


royal long-tried Odysseus, and in dismay he said to his 
stout heart : 

“Ah me! I fear that here again an immortal plots me 
harm in bidding me leave my boat. I will not yet obey, 
for still afar my eyes descry the land where it was said 
my safety lies. This I will do, for best it seems; so long 
as the beams hold in the fastenings, I will stay here and 
bide what I must bear; but when the surge batters my 
boat to pieces, then I will swim. No forecast can be 
better.” 

While he thus doubted in his mind and heart, earth- 
shaking Poseidon raised a great wave, gloomy and griev- 
ous, and with bending crest, and launched it on him. 
And as a gusty wind tosses a heap of corn when it is 
dry, and some it scatters one way, some another, so were 
the long beams scattered. But Odysseus mounted on a 
beam,—as if he rode a steed, — stripped off the clothing 
which divine Kalypso gave, spread quickly the wimple 
underneath his breast, and plunged down headlong in the 
sea, with hands outstretched, ready to swim. The great 
Karth-shaker spied him, and shaking his head he mut- 
tered to his heart: 

“Thus, after meeting many ills, be tossed about the sea 
till you meet men that are the seed of Zeus; but even 
then, I trust, you will not laugh at danger.” 

Saying this, he lashed his full-maned steeds and came 
to Aigai, where his lordly dwelling stands. 

And now Athene, daughter of Zeus, formed a fresh 
purpose. She barred the pathway of the other winds, 
bade them to cease and all be laid to rest; but she roused 


182 OAYSSEIAS E. 


@poe 8’ érl xparrvov Bopénv, mpd Sé Kkvpar’ éaker, 
¢ 4 / / / 
éws 0 ye Painxecor hidnpéTmoice puyein 
Sioyevis "Odvaeds, Oavarov kal Kijpas advéas. 

ft Oy 0 Py 7 iS Py 7 9° oe 4 A 

vOa ovw vintas dvo 7 hyata Kipati THYO 

mraLeTO, TOAAA OE Of Kpadin mpoTLocceT drcOpor. 
Grn Gre 5) Tpitov juap évTddKapos Tédeo’ ’Hos, 

4 ie ee be. 4 \ > , € \ / 
Kal ToT melt ave“os mev éETTavaaTo % Oé yadnvn 
»” f e 8’ + 50 yy 5 fal 
érreTo vynveuin, 0 8 dpa oxedov elowde yaiav 
6&0 dra Tpoid@yv, peyddov vd KvpaTos apbeis. 
as 6’ 67 ay aomdaotwos Biotos maidecot havyyn 
TaTpos, Os év vovow KhTat Kpatép’ adyea Taryn, 
Snpov THKopmevos, atuyepos Sé of ypae Saipwr, 
> / eee. 4 4 \ / 
aomaciov 5’ apa tov ye Oeol KaxdTnTos édvoar, 
a: ’Odvon aoracrov éeicato yaia Kal orn, 
vnxye 8 érevyopevos Tool Hrelpov ériBhvar. 
> o£ , > a 7 / / 
GAN’ bte TOccov amhv bocov Te yéywve Boncas, 
Kat 62 Sovmov akovoe ToTl omidddecot Oardoons: 
poxOer yap péya Kdua qotl Eepov jrreipoto 

\ > , + \ / Pe \ bd 

Sewov épevyopevov, eidvto dé TavO’ ados ayvy: 

> \ 4 / an BA 40° > \ 
ov yap écay Ayéves VndV Byol, ovd’ ériwyal, 
GX axtal mpoBrAnTes Ecav omidddes Te Tayou TeE* 
kat ToT ’Odvocjos AvTO yotvata Kal dirov Hrop, 
> / > ww 5 \ a / , 
oyOnoas 8’ apa eime mpos dy peyadyTopa Ovpov: 

‘"Q pot, érel 8) yaiav dedrrréa SOxev idéc0ar 
Zevs, Kat 6 TOOe Aaitpa Siatunkas érédeooa, 
éxBacts ov mn dhaived’ dros mordwoio Ovpage: 
ExtocVev ev yap tayo. o&ées, aud Sé Kdpa 
BéBpuyev poO.ov, ucon 8’ avadédpome mrétpn, 
ayxiBabns 5€ Odracca, Kal ob Tas ott Todecct 
oTHuevar audotépoor Kal éexduyéew KaKoTNTA’ 


885 


410 


THE ODYSSEY, V. 183 


bustling Boreas and before it broke the waves, that safely 
among the oar-loving Phaiakians might come high-born 
Odysseus, freed from death and doom. 

Then two nights and two days upon the solid waves 
he drifted onward; many a time his heart faced death. 
But when the fair-haired Dawn brought the third day, 
- then the wind ceased; there caine a breathless calm; and - 
close at hand he spied the coast, as he cast a keen glance 
forward, upborne on a great wave. As when the precious 
life is watched by children in a father, who lies in sick- 
ness, suffering great pain and slowly wasting, —for a hos- 
tile power assails him,—and then the man thus prized 
the gods set free from danger; so precious in Odysseus’ 
eyes appeared the land and trees. Onward he swam, im- 
patient for his feet to touch the ground. But when he 
was as far away as one can call, he heard a pounding of 
the ocean on the ledges; for the great waves roared as on 
the barren land they madly dashed, and all was whirled 
in spray. There was no harbor here to hold a ship, no 
open roads ; only projecting bluffs, ledges, and reefs. Then 
did Odysseus’ knees grow feeble, and his very soul, and in 
dismay he said to his stout heart: 

* Alas! when Zeus now lets me see unhoped-for land, 
when forcing my way along the gulf I finally reach its 
end, no landing anywhere appears out of the foaming sea. 
Outside are jagged reefs, and all around thunder the surg- 
ing waves, and sheer the cliff runs up. Deep to the edge 
is the sea, and possible it is not to hold with the two feet 
and so escape from danger. If I should try to land, great 


184 OAYSSEIAS E. 


pn Tes p éxBalvovta Barn Gai rortl rétpYy 
Kopa pey’ adprdgav: perén S€é por Eooerar opyt. 
> / > / / 4 ? 4 
et 5€ « ére mpotépw trapavytopar, Hv Tov édevpw 
niovas Te TapaTAHyas Auypévas Te Oaddoons, 
deldo py p .€Eadtis avaprdtaca Ovedra 
/ > 9 > / / / / 
movtov ém ixvOvoevta pépn Bapéa otevaxovra, 
née TL MOL KAL KTOS émicce’n peya Salpov 
é& dros, old re Toda Tpéher KAVTOS "AudiTpitn: 
olda yap @s por dd@dvaTaL KAUTOS évvoTiyatos.’ 


Eios 0 Tat” dppawe cata dpéva Kal cata Ovpor, 


/ / / an / fed » as Mi / 
Toppa S€ piv péya Kdua hépe tpnyelav én’ aKxTHy. 
év0a K ao pwvodrs Spvd0n, civ 8 dcré’ apaxOn, 
et py él hpect OnKe Ded yravearis ’AOnvn’ 
> / \ \ b] 4 / / 
appotépnor S€ yepow érecavpevos AdBe mréTpNS, 
Ths éxeTo otevdxov, elas péya Kdpa traphrle. 
kal TO ev Bs brddvee, madippoOvov dé pw adris 
mrnEeEv érecotpevov, THAOD 5é pv EuBare TovTo. 
@s 6’ Ore tovAvTrobos Badauns é&eAKopéevoto 

\ / \ /, 4 
Mpos KoTUAnoovodw muKwal Aduyyes ExovTat, 
&s Tod mpos wétpnot Opaceidwy ard yeipav 
pivol amédpupOev+ tov Sé péya Kdpa KddvwWev. 
év0a xe 52) SvaoTnvos vrép popov wreT *’Oduacceds, 
el pn éeridpocuvnv Saxe yAavearis ’AOjrn. 

4 > \ / , 2 4 oo Ld 
KvUpatos éEavadv’s, Ta T EpevyeTar Hre:povde, 
vixe twapee, és yalay op@pevos, el mov épevpor 
niovas Te TapaTAyas Aypévas Te Oardoons. 
GXN Ste 8) ToTapote Kata oToua KaddALpooLO 
ife véwv, TH 8 of eelaato yapos apioTos, 

Aelos meTpdwv, Kal éml oKxétras hv avépowo, 
éyvw Sé mpopéovta Kal ev—ato bv Kata Ovpor: 


425 


THE ODYSSEY, V. 185 


sweeping waves may dash me against the solid rock; use- 
less would the attempt be! But if I swim still further 
on along the coast, hoping to find a sloping shore and 
harbors off the sea, I fear a sweeping storm may bear me 
yet once more along the swarming sea, loudly lamenting ; 
or God may send upon me a monster of the sea, —and 
many such great Amphitrité breeds,— for I know how 
angry is the great Land-shaker.” 

While he thus doubted in his mind and heart, a great 
wave bore him onward toward the rugged shore. There 
would his skin have been stripped off and his bones 
broken, had not the goddess, keen-eyed Athene, given him 
counsel. Struggling, he grasped the rock with both his 
hands, and held on, groaning, till the great wave passed. 
That one he thus escaped, but the back-flowing water 
struck him again, still struggling, and swept him out to 
sea. And just as, when a polyp is torn from out its bed, 
about its suckers clustering pebbles cling, so on the rocks 
pieces of skin were stripped from his strong hands. The 
great wave covered him. Then miserably, before his time, 
Odysseus would have died, if keen-eyed Athene had not 
given him ready thought; for rising beyond the waves 
that thundered on the coast, he swam along outside, eying 
the land, in hopes to find a sloping shore and harbors off 
the sea. But when, as he swam, he reached the mouth 
of a fair-flowing river, there the ground seemed most fit, 
well cleared of stones and sheltered from the breeze. He 
felt the river flowing forth, and in his heart he prayed: 

“ Hear me, O Lord, whoe’er thou art! Thee, long 


186 OAYSSEIAS E. 


‘ Kr001, dvaké, tis éools wodvANoToy Sé a ikdvo, 
4 > , / > / 

dhevyov éx movtTowo Tloceddwvos évuras. 446 
> n / > > \ \ > / a 

aidotos pév T éotl kal abavarowct Ocoiow 

> a iA ~/ > / e \ ae.’ nw 

avdpav Os Tis tkntat ad@pevos, Os Kal eyo vov 
/ ev / A ee 4 / \ / 

oov Te poov od Te youval’ ixdvw ToANA poyycas. 

GN’ édéatpe, dvaE+ ixérns S€ Tor evyopuar eivat.’ 450 
‘Qs pa0’, 6 & adtixa ravcev dv poor, éoxe Sé xdpa, 
ee / ¢ / / \ 22.2 / 

mpoabe 5é of Troince yadhvnv, Tov 8 écadwoev 

> nr , ¢ >) to lA > w+ 

és mwoTtauov mpoyods: 0 8 dp adudw yovvat éxaprpe 

yelpas Te oTiBapas: adi yap Sédunto pirov Kipp. 

@dee S€ ypoa Tavta, Oadacca Sé KHKLE TOK) 455 

dy otdwa Te pivas 0+ 6 8 ap amvevoTtos Kal avavdos 
a> 9 ; / Ul / Pe 7 

KelT OALynTeEAewr, KawaTos Sé pw aivos ikavev. 

GXN ote Sy p’ Eumrvuto kal és hpéva Ovpods ayépOn, 

\ ¥ 87; / > Oa 4 n a 
Kal Tote 61 Kpndeuvov amo €o ddce Oeoio. 
\ \ \ b \ e / a 

Kal TO peéev €s ToTapoy adiuuphevTa peOhKev, 460 

ay 8° edepev péya Kiua xara poor, aipa 8 ap’ ‘Ivo 

déEato yepol pirinow: o 8’ é« rotapoio MacOels 
oxoive wexrivOn, Kioce 5é Feidwpov dpovpav: 

6yOnoas 8’ dpa elre mpos dy peyadnHropa Ouvpor: 

c of | + Sean / 10 l 4 / / m 
pot eyo, TL waOw; TL vv poe pHKLOTA YeVvNnTAL ; 

ei pev «’ év trotaue Svoxndéa vixta puddooo, 466 

nH p apvdis otiBn te Kann Kal Onrus eépon 

éE dduyntedins Sapaon Kexadnota Ovpov: 

BA eee | la \ / tA , 
avpn 8° é« wotapod >uyph mvéer NOL Tpo. 
et 8€ Kev és KduTdv avaBas Kal SacKioy DAV 470 
ta s 

Oapvois év tuKivoior Katadpabw, el pe peOein 

piyos Kal Kdparos, yAuKepos Sé poe Urvos ééOn, 

Seldw pu Onpecow Erwop Kal Kippa yévopat.’ 

“As dpa of dpovéovts Sodacato Képdiov elvar* 


THE ODYSSEY, V. 187 


desired, I find, when flying from Poseidon’s threatenings 
on the sea. Respected even of immortal gods is he who 
comes a fugitive, as I here now come to thy current, to 
thy knees, through many a struggle. Nay, Lord, have 
pity! I call myself thy suppliant.” 

He spoke, and the god straightway stayed the stream 
and checked the waves, before ~him made a calm, and 
brought him safely into the river’s mouth. Both knees 
hung loose, and both his sturdy arms, for by the sea his 
spirit had been broken. His body was all swollen, and 
water gushed in a stream out of his mouth and nostrils. 
So, breathless and speechless, fainting he lay and dire 
fatigue o’ercame him. But when he had gained breath, 
and in his breast his spirit came again, then he unbound 
the wimple of the goddess and dropped it in the river 
running out to sea; and back the great wave carried it 
along its current, and Ino soon received it in her friendly 
hands. But he, retreating from the stream, lay down 
among the rushes and kissed the bounteous earth, and in 
dismay he said to his stout heart: 

“Ah me! What shall I do? What now will be my 
end? If by the stream I watch throughout the weary 
night, may not the bitter frost and the fresh dew together 
after this faintness stop an exhausted life? The breeze 
from off a river blows cool toward early morning. But if 
I climb the hill-side up to the dusky wood and sleep in 
the thick bushes, — supposing that the chill and weariness 
depart and pleasant sleep should come,—I am afraid I 
may become the wild beasts’ prey and prize.” 

Yet on reflecting thus, this seemed the better way; he 


188 OAYSSEIAS E. 


BA p’ twev eis Drnv: Hv S€ oxedov HSaTos ebpev 45 
év mepipawopevp: Sovods 8 dp’ imjdrvGe Oapuvous, 

é& ouodev wedvatas: 6 pev gudins, o 5’ édains. 

Tovs pev ap ovT avéwov Sidn pévos bypov aévTwv, 

ote wor Hédtos hatOwv axticw éBadrev, 

ob buBpos mepdacke Siaytrepés+ Hs apa tuxvol 480 
GrArAjroow epuv éraporBadis: ods tm’ ’Odvaceds 
Sicer. adap 8’ eivnv érapujoato yepol pirynow 
ebpeiav: didArov yap env xvbous HAGa Tord, 

Sccov 7 née Siw He TpEels avdpas Epvabar 

dpn yeymepin, eb kal para wep Yarerraivot. 485 
Thy pev idav ynOnoe modrvTAas Sios ’Odvcceds, | 
év 8 dpa péoon dAéxTo, yvow 8° érexevaTo pidrov. 
as 8’ dre tis Sadov orrodup evéxpuye pedalvy 

Gypov ém éoxatuis, & wy mapa yelroves aXot, 
oTépua mupos cwotov, va why Tole adrdoGev aio, 40 
ds *Odvaceds dirAXoot Kadinpato' Te 8’ ap’ "AOjvn 
imvov én’ dupace yev’>, wa pw Tavoee TaxyLoTa 
Svotrovéos Kapatov, pita Brchap’ audikaripas. 


THE ODYSSEY, V. 189 


hastened therefore to the wood. This he found near the 
water, with open space around. He crept under a pair 
of shrubs sprung from a single spot: the one was wild, 
the other common, olive. These no force of wind with 
its chill breath could pierce, no sunbeams smite, nor rain 
pass through, they grew so thickly intertwined with one 
another. Under them crept Odysseus, and quickly with 
his hands he scraped a bed together, an ample one, for 
the litter of leaves was large, enough to shelter two or 
three men on a wintry day, however sharp the weather. 
This royal long-tried Odysseus saw with joy, and he lay 
down in the midst, heaping the fallen leaves above. As 
a man hides a brand in a dark bed of ashes, at some out- 
lying farm where neighbors are not near, hoarding a seed 
of fire to save his seeking elsewhere, even so did Odysseus 
hide himself in the leaves; and on his eyes Athene poured 
a sleep, to quickly ease him from the fatigue of toil, let- 


ting his eyelids close. 
14 


OAYSSEIAS Z. 


*OSuecéws Aditis els Palaxas. 


“Ds 0 pev &Oa KxabeddSe rodvtras Sios "OdSvcceds 
dmvm Kal Kapadt@ apnuévos: avtap "AOnvy 

BH p’ és Daijxwv avdpadv Shpov te wor Te, 

ol mplv pév tot evavov év evpvydp@ ‘Trrepein, 
ayyod Kukdorav, avdpav trepnvopedvtar, 

of adeas owéoxovto, Binds 8 héptepor Hoar. 
évOev avactncas aye NavaiOoos Oeoed)s, 

elacv 5€ Syepin, éExas avdpdv addnortdor, 

appi dé teixos EXacce Tone, Kal edeiwato olKous, 
Kal vynovs toince Ocdv, Kal éddocat apovpas. 
GAN © pev dn Knpl Sapels "Aidocde BeByxet, 
’"Arxivoos S€ Tor Hpye, Gedy aro undea cidas. 
Tov pev &Bn mpos Sapa Oca yAavKdmis ’AOnvn, 
voorov "Odvachu peyadjrops pntiowca. 

BH & nev és Oddapov rorvdaidarov, & ex Kovpn 
Koupat abavarnor dunv Kab eidos opoin, 
Navowxda, Ovyarnp peyadHropos ’AdKwwoo10, 


map Sé dv’ audironot, yapitwy dro KaddNos exoveat, 


a U 
ota0potw éxdtepOe- Ovpar 8° éréxewTo hacia. 
¢ 9 Ory ¢ a ge Beh 2 / / 

4 8° avéuov as mvown érécovto Séuvia Kovpns, 


ath 8 dp brép Kedparis, kal piv pos piOov éeitrer, 


eldouévn Kovpn vavotkrertoio Avpaytos, 
} of ounrrKin pev Env, Kexdpioto Sé Oupo. 
TH pw éercapévn tpocédn yAavnamis “AOjvn: 


10 


15 


20 


VI. 


THE LANDING IN PHAIAKIA. 


Tuvs royal long-tried Odysseus slumbered here, heavy 
with sleep and toil; but Athene went to the land and town 
of the Phaiakians. This people once in olden times lived 
in the broad Highlands, near that rude folk the Cyclops, 
who often plundered them, being in strength more pow- 
erful than they. Moving them thence, godlike Nausithods, 
their leader, established them at Scheria, far from toil- 
ing men. He ran a wall around the town, built houses 
there, made temples for the gods, and laid out farms; 
but long ago Nausithods had met his doom and gone to 
the house of Hades, and Alkinods now was reigning, 
trained in wisdom by the gods. To this man’s dwelling 
came the goddess, keen-eyed Athene, planning a safe re- 
turn for brave Odysseus. She hastened to a chamber, 
richly wrought, in which a maid was sleeping, of form 
and beauty like the immortals, Nausikaad, daughter of 
brave Alkinoés. Near by two handmaids, dowered with 
beauty by the Graces, slept by the threshold, one on either 
hand. The shining doors were closed; but Athene, like 
a breath of air, moved on to the maid’s couch, stood by 
her head, and thus addressed her, — taking the likeness 
of the daughter of Dymas, the famous seaman, a maiden 
just Nausikaa’s age, dear to her heart. Taking her guise, 
thus spoke keen-eyed Athene: 


192 OAYSSEIAS Z. 


‘ Navoixda, tl vb o de pweOnpova yelvato pHTnp ; 
eluata pév Tor KelTaL aKxndéa curyadoevTa, 
gol dé yduos cyeddv eotw, Wa ypi Kaha pev avThy 
Pd \ a Lal ty / > + 
évvvcba, Ta S€ Toot Tapacyeiv of Ké o GywvTat. 
> / 4 / > 4 > / 
éx yap Tot TovTav patis avOpwTovs avaBaiver 
> \ / be \ \ / / 
écOnri), xalpovow 8€ tatip Kal méTVa pATNp. 
GAN’ lowev AvvEoveas Gy’ jot pawwopéernde: 

| 

kal Tou éya ouvépiOos ap’ Expouat, dppa TayioTa 
eae An eee ” \ f , 7 : 
évTiveat, émel ov Tou ett Onv Tapbévos écceat* 
On yap oe pv@vTat apiothes Kata Sipov 

A @ , 50 / > i \ > A 
mavtov Dainxwv, 604 Tou yévos éott Kal avTh. 
GX’ ary érorpuvoy Tatépa KduTOv 7@OL mpd 
Huscovovs Kal auatav épotrricat, } Kev aynot 

a / / ES 4 4 
CaoTpd Te Kal wérdous Kal pyyea ovyadoevTa. 
Kal 8€ col @d’ adTH odd KdAXNOV HE TOdecowW 
EpyecOat* moddov yap amd TAvvOL eat TONNOS. 

‘H pév ap as eitroto’ aréBn yravewris ’ AO 

/ lal 

Obduprrovd’, 601 hac Gedy Eos aahadres aiel 
Eupevat ovT avéuoror Twdooetar ovTe ToT buBpe 
Severat ote yiov érimidvatat, adddr\a par alOpn 
mérratat avéderos, Never 8’ émidédSpopev aitydy* 

ge. ¢ / / A / 
To é Téprovtat pakapes Ocol juata mdvta. 
&v0’ améBn yAavKwris, eel Sierréppade Kovpn. 

4 ” 

Airixa 8’ "Has 7rOev edOpovos, H pw é&yerpe 
Navo.xdav etrerdov: adhap 8 ameBavpac’ dvewpor, 
BH & twevar bia S@pal’, wv’ aryyeirere ToKedot, 

, 
matpl diiw Kat pntpli: Kiynoato 8 évdoy éovtas. 
 pev en’ eoyapn hoto olv apdimoroot yuvactlv, 
Hakata otpwdao’ aditropphupa: TH Sé Ovpale 
epyouevm EvwBAnTo peTa KAELtTOYs Bacidjas 


THE ODYSSEY, VI. 193 


‘“¢ Nausikaa, how did your mother ever have a child so 
heedless? Your splendid clothes lie all uncared for, 
though the wedding time is near, when it is proper to 
wear fine clothes yourself and furnish them to those that 
may attend you; for from these things a good name goes 
abroad and father and honored mother are made glad. 
Then let us go a-washing at the dawn of day, and I will 
be your fellow, that you may soon be ready; for, really, 
not much longer will you be a maid. Already you have 
for suitors the chief ones of the land throughout Phaiakia, 
where you too were born. Come, then, urge your good 
father early in the morning to harness the mules and cart, 
so as to carry the girdles, robes, and splendid rugs. Yes, 
and for you yourself it is more decent so than setting 
forth on foot; for the pools are far from the town.” 

Saying this, keen-eyed Athene passed away, off to 
Olympos, where they say the dwelling of the gods stands 
fast forever. Never with winds is it disturbed, nor by 
the rain made wet, nor does the snow come near; but 
everywhere the upper air spreads cloudless, and a bright 
radiance plays over all, wherein the blessed gods are happy 
all day long. Thither now went the keen-eyed one, when’ 
_ she had spoken with the maid. 

Soon gay-throned morning came, and waked fair-robed’ 
Nausikaé. So she marveled at the dream, and hastened. 
through the palace to tell it to her parents, to her father 
dear and mother. She found them still in-doors: her 
mother sat by the hearth among: the waiting. - womeny 
spinning sea-purple yarn ; she met her father at the door, 
just going forth to join the famous princes at the council, 


194 OAYSSEIAS Z. 


és BovAnv, wa pw Kdreov Painkes ayavol. 
e \ 4/~ 39 * lal / / 
4 Sé war’ ayy. otaca pirov Tratépa mpocéertre: 
‘Tldmrma pir’, ovk av 8n pot épotrriccevas arHnvnv 
inpnrnv evKvKdov, iva KUTA eiwaT aywuat 
és moTapov TAuvéovca, TA ol pepvTTMpéva KelTaL ; 
\ \ \ > ater. 4 , 27 
kal 5€ col a’t@ ouxe peta TpwToLoW édvTa 
Bovrads Bovrctew xabapa xpot eipar yovTa. 
/ / a / 4 
mévte 5€ Tour pirou vies evi peydpois yeydacw, 
ot Ov’ dmrviovTes, Tpeis 8’ HiMeor OadéPovTes: 
e , 7 \ ] / / vA > 4 
ot 5 atel €OéXovat veomAUTA eElwaT ExOVTES 
b \ 4 \ LBS Jey \ / 4 , 
és yopov épyerOar: ta & éuhn ppevi wavta péunrev. 
“Qs par’ aideto yap Oadepov yapov é£ovoujvar 
\ € \ / / \ > U 4 
matpl pitw: o S€ mavTa voes Kal apeiBeTo pv0w- 
‘ OvTe Tor huidvav POovéw, Téxos, ovTE TeV AAXov. 
4 > / rn > / > / 
épxev' atrap tor Sues épotAlccovew amthvnv 
¢ \ 7 ¢ 4 > “y ? 
uiyndnv evKuKOV, UITEepTEpin apaputav. 
“Qs eitrav Sudbecow éxékreTo, Tol § émiBovro. 
e \ 7 > \ A MA e / 
ot pev ap éxTos dmwakav edTpoxov Hutovelnv 
@mdeov, Hutovous O° brayov bedEdv 8’ bm’ amnvy: 
kovpn 5 ék Oardpovo dépev écOAra hacwnp. 
\ \ \ / > / 2)" / 
Kal tThv pev KaTtéOnxev év&éot@ én’ arnvn, 
, ? > / o- FF 43 > \ 
pntnp 8 év Kkiotn éTiBer pevoerké’ edwdhv 
mavroinv, év 8’ rnpa TiOe, év 8’ olvoy eyevev 
> A b > / 4 fe: 4 ? ’ / 
acKk@ év aiyelm: Kkovpn 8 éreBnoer’ anys. 
daxev Sé ypucén év AnKVO®w trypov EdXauor, 
7 / \ > “4 / 
elws YuTAM@oaLTO ody apdiTrOXOLoL yuvaLtiv. 
» 8’ €aBev pactiya Kal jvia ovyadoevta, 
/ 
pactiEev 8’ édaav: Kavayn 8’ hv nycovour: 
e an 
at 8’ duotov taviovto, pépov 8° éoOAra Kal avTny, 


70 


THE ODYSSEY, VI. 195 


whither the high Phaiakians had summoned him. So 
standing very close, she said to her dear father : 

**Papa dear, could you not have the wagon harnessed 
for me, — the high one, with good wheels, — for me to take 
my nice clothes to the river to be washed, which now are 
lying dirty? Surely for you yourself it is but proper, 
when you are with the first men holding councils, that you 
should wear clean clothing. Five good sons too are here 
at home, — two married, and three merry young men still, 
—and they are always wanting to go to the dance, wear- 
ing fresh clothes. And this is all a trouble on my mind.” 

Such were her words, for she was shy of naming the 
glad marriage to her father dear ; but he understood it all, 
and answered thus: 

“T grudge you not the mules, my child, nor anything 
beside. Go! Quickly shall the servants harness the 
wagon for you, —the high one, with good wheels, and 
fitted with rack above.” 

Saying this, he called out to the servants, who gave 
heed. Out in the court they made the easy mule-cart 
ready ; they brought the mules, and yoked them to the 
wagon. The maid took from her room her pretty clothing, 
and this she stowed in the neat wagon; her mother put in 
a chest food the maid liked, of every kind, put dainties in, 
and. poured some wine into a goat-skin bottle, — the maid, - 
meanwhile, had got into the wagon, —and gave her in a 
golden flask some liquid oil, that she might bathe and 
anoint herself, she and the waiting-women. Nausikad 
took the whip and the bright reins, and cracked the whip 
to start. There was a clatter of the mules, and steadily 


196 OAYSSEIAS Z. 


ovK olny, dua TH ye Kal apdirroros Kiov araL. 
Ai &’ Gre 8) trotapoio poov Tepikanrré’ ixovTo, 
év0’ Tow TAVVOL Hoav émneTtavol, Todd 8 bdwp 

\ ¢e / li ¢ / n 
KaXov virexTrpopéet pada ep puTowvTa KaOjpat, 
év0” al oy tyudvovs péev trrexmpoédAveay ariyvns. 
Kal Tas pev ceday ToTayoyv Tapa SwhevTa 

/ 4 / \ > > ? > / 
Tpwye aypwotw percindéa* tal 8’ an’ amnvns 
elwata xepoly EXovto Kal éogopeov pédav dep, 
oteiBov 8’ év BoOpoict Bows Epida mpodpépoveat. 
auTap émel wAdVav Te KdOnpay Te pvTTAa TayTa, 
é£eins métacay Tapa Div’ adds, Hye wadoTa 
Aduyyas ToTl yépaov amoThiverke Oddacca. 
at 5é€ Noeoodpevar Kal ypiodpevat Ait” édal@ 
Seimvov ere’ etdovto trap’ 6yOnow tTrorapoio, 
ejuata 8° nedtovo pévov Teponpmevar avyt. 

} > > \ / / F / \ 9? 4 
avTap émel cirov rapp0ev Suwai te Kat avTn, 
ohaipn tai 5 dp érafov, aro Kpydeuva Barovdoat’ 
that Sé Navoixda devK@devos HpyeTo mori. 
olin S° “Aprewis eiot Kat’ ovpeos ioyéaipa, 

i Kata Tniyerov trepysnxerov 7} ’EpipavOor, 
/ / \ > 4 / 
TepTouéevn KaTpovct Kal @Keins éerddowce* 

~ / > 4 a \ > , 
tH 5é 0’ aya vipa, Kodpar Avos aiyroyoto, 
> f , / , / ' Ul 
aypovopor Taifovat yéynbe Sé te dpéva Anro* 

4 > * \ A 4 x LAND! / 
macawv 5’ vrép ye Kapn Exes HOE péeTwTrA, 
tas > > , I \ / ~ 
peta T apvyveTn TédeTat, Kadal dé Te TacaL* 
as } y awhirronoot perémperre mapOevos adurs. 

"ANN Gre 89 dp’ Euchre wadw olkdvde véerOat 
fevEao’ tuovovs wri-acd Te elwara Kara, 
év0” adr’ arn évonoe Oed yRavKdris ’AOHrn; 
ws 'Oducedls eypovto, idov 7’ edarida Kodpny, 


100 


105 


THE ODYSSEY, VI. 197 


they pulled, drawing the clothing and the maid, — yet not 
alone ; beside her went the waiting-women too. 

When now they came to the fair river’s current, where 
the pools were always full, — for in abundance clear water 
bubbles from beneath to cleanse the foulest stains, — they 
turned the mules loose from the wagon, and let them stray 
along the eddying stream, to crop. the honeyed pasturage. 
Then from the wagon they took the clothing in their arms, 
carried it into the dark water, and stamped it in the pits, 
with rivalry in speed. And after they had washed and 
cleansed it of all stains, they spread it carefully along the 
beach, just where the waves washed up the pebbles on the 
shore. Then bathing and anointing with the oil, they 
presently took their meal on the stream’s banks and 
waited for the clothes to dry in the sunshine. And when 
they were refreshed with food, the maids and she, they 
then began to play at ball, throwing their wimples off. 
White-armed Nausikaa led their sport; and as the hun- 
tress Artemis goes down a mountain, down the long slope 
of Ta¥getos or Erymanthos, exulting in the boars and the 
swift deer, while round her sport the woodland nymphs, 
daughters of xgis-bearing Zeus, and glad is Leto’s: heart, 
for all the rest her child o’ertops by head and brow, and 
easily marked is she, though all are fair; so were her 
women by that virgin pure excelled. 

But when Nausikaaé prepared to turn toward home once 
more, to yoke the mules and fold up the clean clothes, 
elsewhere the goddess, keen-eyed Athene, turned. her 
thoughts ; for she would have Odysseus: wake and) see 
the bright-eyed maid, who might: to the Phaiakian: city 


198 OAYSSEIAS Z. 


ot Paijxwv avdpav trorAw Hynoacto. 
odaipay érevt’ Eppiye pet audimorov Bacirea* 
audirodou pev ayapte, Babein 8’ EuBare Sivn, 


ai 5’ éml pwaxpov avoav. o 8’ éypeto dios ’Odvaceds, 


éCouevos 8’ wpywawe kata dpéva Kal kata Ovpov: 
‘"Q pow éyo, Téwv adte Bpotay és yaiav ixdvo ; 
p ot oy bBpiotai te Kal aypior ovdé Sixacot, 

he pirokewor, kal adi voos éoti Oeovdis ; 

c / 


@s Té we Kovpdwyv audyndrvOe OFrvs avT?, 
vuppawy, al éyovo’ dpéwy aimewa Kkapnva 


» Se 


Kal Tnyas ToTapav Kal Ticea TrolnevTa. 
9 / > / > \ > "A 
vd tov avOpwrev eit oyedov addnévtor ; 
> ae” ea J : Mane » ES. / 2QO\ » >? 
arr ay, éy@v avTos Teipjoopat AoE idwpat. 
“Ds eirov Oduvev itrediceto Sios ’Odvaceds, 
> A > of / / \ 
éx mucus 8 IdAns wropOov KrAdce yYeupl Tayeln 
A ¢e c/ \ A. / / 
PUAAWY, WS picalTo Tepl ypol pHdea PwTos. 
BH 8’ iwev ds Te Aéwv opecitpodos, adxl tretroLOas, 
4 , eS 9 €.# \ SB > 5 / ¢ é 
ds 7’ elo’ bopevos Kal anpevos, év Sé of doce 
Salerar: avtap o Bovoi petépyetat 1) dlecow 
ne pet aypotépas édddovus: KéreTat Sé E yaoTIp 
pnrdov treipnoovra Kal és muKivov Sdopov édOeiv: 
&s Oduvceds xovpnow évrdoKdpoiocww eEwedre 
/ , » Me A \ ty, 
pikecOat, yupvos Twep éov: ype yap txave. 

/ > >_ A / / 24 
apepoaréos 8’ avTnot havn Kekakwpévos aun, 
tTpéocav 8 adrdAvois GAAN em” Hidvas Tpovyovcas: 
olin 8°’ "Ardxwwdov Ovyarnp péves TH yap “AOnvn 
Oapoos évi dpeot One nal éx Séos efdeTo yuilwv. 
oth 8 dvta oxopervn: 6 b€ peppnpiEev ’Odvaceds, 
} yobvav Nocotto AaBov edorida Kovpnr, 

} avtws éréecow atrocraba peiuyiowcs 


115 


130 


135 


140 


THE ODYSSEY, VI. 199 


show the way. Just then the princess tossed the ball to 
an attendant, and, missing her, she threw it into the deep 
eddy. At this they screamed aloud. Royal Odysseus 
woke, and, sitting up, debated in his mind and heart: 

“ Alas! To what men’s land am I come now? Law- 
less and savage are they, with no regard for right, or are 
they kind to strangers, and reverent toward the gods? It 
was as if there came to me the delicate voice of maids — 
nymphs, it may be, that haunt the craggy peaks of hills, 
the springs of streams and grassy marshes; or am I now, 
perhaps, near men of human speech? Suppose I make a 
trial for myself, and see.” 

So saying, royal Odysseus crept from the thicket and 
broke with his strong hand a spray of leaves from the 
close wood, to be a covering round his body for his naked- 
ness. He set off like a lion that is bred among the hills 
and confident of strength: onward he goes, beaten with 
rain and wind; his two eyes glare; and now among the 
oxen or the sheep he moves, or tracking the wild deer ; his 
belly bids him make trial of the flocks, even by entering 
the guarded folds; so was Odysseus about to meet those 
fair-haired maids, all naked though he was, for his need 
pressed him. To them he seemed a loathsome sight, be- 
fouled with brine. They hurried off, one here, one there, 
over the stretching sands. Only the daughter of Alkinods 
stayed, for in her breast Athene had put courage and 
from her limbs took fear. Steadfast she stood to meet 
him, and a doubt crossed Odysseus whether to make his 
suit by clasping the knees of the bright-eyed maid, or 
where he stood, aloof, in winning words to make that suit, 


200 OAYSSEIA> Z. 


ad 
Niccowt’, eb SeiEeve wodw Kal elwara Sol. 
&s apa of ppovéovtt Sodccato Képdioy eivat, 145 
AlccecOar érécoow arrocTasa peirrylotct, 
Ln of yoova AaBovTe yorNwOoarto ppéva Kovpn. 
aitixa petrlyvov Kal Kepdaréov pdto podor: 
‘ Tovvodpai ce, dvacca: Beds vb tis,  Bpotds éoou; 
> / / > > \ > \ ” 
et pev Tis Oeds éoot, Tol ovpavoy evpiy éyouvcw, 150 
"Apréusdi oe eyo ye, Avos Kovpyn peyarovo, 
aa7 / / / > >/ 
eldos Te péyeOds Te huny T ayxLoTa éloKa* 
> , / > “ pe SS \ f 
et 5€ Tis €oot Bpotay, Tol éml yOovi vaveTaover, 
TptopdKapes pev col ye TaTHnp Kal TeTYLa pHTNp, 
TpiopaKapes 5€ Kaclyvntors para tov odice Oupos 165 
aiéy éuppootyycw taivetav eivexa ceo, 
AevecovTwv ToLovde Paros Yopov eicoryvedaay. 
Keivos 5° avd Trept Khpt pwakaptatos éEoyov addwv, 
ef / Mees. WE / , > > / 
ds Ké o éédvorct Bpioas oixovd aydynrat. 
ov yap Tw ToLodTov idov BpoTtov opOarpotow, 160 
6 3. OF ’ bd a / > + > f 
ovT avop ote yuvaixas céBas p exet eicopowvTa. 
/ , lal > , A 
Anro 6 Tote Totov “Arrod\wvos Tapa Boue 
goivixos véov épvos avepyopuevov évonca* 
5 a 
nrNOov yap Kal Keloe, Tors Sé por EoTreTO ads 
e - 
THY OdoV H On péeAAEV ewol KaKa KIdSe EcecOat. 165 
a a a 
as 8’ abtws Kal Keivo iswv éreOjrea Oupd 
\ vd 
Snv, érel ov Tw Tolov avnarvOev éx Sdpu yains, 
\ 
@> oé, yivar, dyapal Te TéEOnTA Te Seidiad T aivas 
/ ce ‘ 
youvoy arpacbat: yanerov Sé pe TévOos ixaver. 
\ ; 
XOLfos eexooTm piyov ware olvorra movTov* 170 
, Ul > : 
toppa Sé w aiel ki éddpet xparrrvai te OvedNat 
/ > > ” ‘ 
vycov at ‘Reyuyins: viv 8° évOdde. kaBBare Saipov, 
dppai tt mov Kab THde Ta0w KaKOV" ov yap diw 


THE ODYSSEY, VI. 201 


and try if she would show the town and give him clothing. 
Reflecting thus, it seemed the better way to make his suit 
in winning words aloof, for fear if he should clasp her 
knees, the maid might be offended. Forthwith he 2 a 
,— @ winning and shrewd speech: 

‘I am your suppliant, princess. Are you some el or 
mortal? If one of the gods that hold the open sky, to 
Artemis, daughter of mighty Zeus, in beauty, height, and 
bearing I find you likest. But if you are a mortal and 
live upon the earth, most happy is your father and your 
honored mother, most happy your brothers also. Surely 
their hearts ever grow warm with pleasure over you, when 
watching such a blossom moving in the dance. And then 
exceeding happy he, beyond all others, who shall with gifts 
prevail and lead you home. For I never before saw such 
a being with these eyes — no man, no woman. Awe holds 
me as I gaze.) At Delos once, by Apollo’s altar, some- 
thing like I noticed, — a young palm-shoot springing 
up; for thither too I came, and a great troop was with 
me, upon a journey where I was to meet with bitter trials. 
And just as when I looked on that I marveled long with- 
in, since never before sprang such a stalk from earth, so, 
lady, I admire and marvel now at you, and greatly do I 
fear to touch your knees. Yet grievous woe is on me. 
Yesterday, after twenty days, I escaped from the wine- 
dark sea, and all that time the waves and boisterous winds 
were driving me far from the island of Ogygia. Even 
now God cast me here, that probably here also I may meet 
with trouble; for I do not think trouble will cease, but 


202 OAYSSEIAS Z. 


mavoecO’, arr ett moAra Oeol Teréovat mapo.bev. 
ada, dvaco’, édéatpe’ oe yap Kaka TOAAA poynoas 
bd 7 e / lal 2 mae Dd s 
és mpaTnv ixounv, Tov 8’ addwv ov Twa oida 
b , a / / a 4 
avOporav, ot tTHvde Tod Kal yaiav éyovaw. 
dotu é pou Sei€ov, Sos S€ paxos audiBaréc bat, 
el ti mov eihupa otreipwv eyes évOdd’ iodca. 

\ \ \ / a ¢ \ a a 
col 5€ Geol toca Sotev baa ppeoi ohat pevowas, 
dvopa te Kal oixov Kal ouodpocivny dmdaceiav 


b] / > \ \ n ° \ BA 
écOdnv* ov mev yap TOU ye KpEelocoy Kal apeLor, 
hy eh 


a / , 3 4 
nH 60 OMoppoveovTe vonuaciv olKov eynTOV 


avijp nde yuvy: TOAN adyea Sucpevéeoor, 


Xappata 5’ edpeveryor padvora Oé tT exdvov avrot.’ 


Tov 8 at Navoixda Xevewrevos avtiov nvda’ 
‘ Eeiv’, érrel odte Kak@ ovT adpove dwt Eo.xas, 
Zevs 8’ avtos véwer OXBov ’Oddipurios avOpaoroow, 
3 al > \ al v4 > / e / 
écOrois HOE KaKolow, Orws €OéXAnoW, ExdoTo* 

/ \ Lo. ES \ bY: \ / eae 
Kai mov gol Tad’ edwxe, oe SE YP?) TeTAapEV ETDS. 
rn / al 
vov 8’, érel hweTépnyv Te TOW Kal yaiav ikavels, 
ovT ovv éo Ontos Sevicear ovTE Tev aAXov, 
@v émréovy’ tKéTnv TadaTelipioy avTiacayTa. 
dotu S€ Tot delEw, épéw Sé Tor ovvo“a adr. 
Painxkes péev THvde Tod Kal yaiav Exovow, 
ell 8° éyw Ovyatnp peyadntopos ’AXxuvooL0, 

nO 9 / ” / , > 
tov 6 é« Dainxav éyetat Kadptos te Bin Te. 

°H pa, kal auditodoiow évTdoKdpoior Kédevoe* 
‘ornré pot, audhiroro toce hevyete HOTA idodeat ; 
9 / , 8 / / 0’ D4 > 5 lal 
h py tov tia Svopevéwy pacd’ Eupevar avdpar ; 
> 4 5] ® 3 lA \ \ xO\ / 
ovx &c0’ ovtos avnp Suepos Bpotos, ovdé yévntat, 
bs kev Dainxwov avdpav és yaiav tknrat 


SnioTnta hépwv: para yap piror aBavaroicw. 


175 


180 


185 


190 


195 


200 


THE ODYSSEY, VI. 203 


much the gods will first accomplish. Then, princess, have 
compassion, for it is you to whom through many bitter 
struggles first I come; I know none else of all who own 
this city and this land. Show me the town, and give mea 
rag to throw around me, if you had, perhaps, on coming 
here, some wrapper for your linen. And may the gods 
grant you whatever in your thoughts you long for: hus- 
band and home and true accord may they bestow; for a 
better and higher gift than this there cannot be, when with 
accordant aims man and wife have a home. Great grief 
it is to foes and joy to friends; but they themselves best 
know its voice.” 

Then answered him white-armed Nausikai: “ Stranger, 
because you do not seem a base or senseless person, — and 
Zeus himself, the Olympian, distributes fortune to man- 
kind and gives to good and bad even as he wills to each; 
and he no doubt gave this to you, and you must bear it, 
therefore, — now you have reached our city and our land, 
you shall not lack for clothing, nor for aught else which it 
is fit a hard-pressed suppliant should find. I will point 
out the town and will tell its people’s name. The Phaia- 
kians own this city and this land, and I am the daugh- 
ter of brave Alkinods, on whom the Phaiakians’ power 
and might depend.” 

She spoke, and called her fair-haired waiting-women : 
“My women, stay! Where are you running because you 
saw aman? Surely you do not think that he is of some 
hostile nation. The man is not alive, and never will be 
born, who can come to the Phaiakian land and offer harm: 
for we are very dear to the immortals; and then we live 


204 OAYSSEIAS Z. 


PP > / , 2 4 / 
oixéouev 0” amrdavevOe TroAvKAvoT@ evi TdvTEe, 
ExxaTol, ovoe Tis Gupte Bpotav émipicyetar AdAdos. 205 
Grn be tis SvaTHVOS Gdwpevos évOad’ ixaver, 
Tov vov xp Kouéeww: pds yap ALos elow amavTes 
Ecivot te wTwyol Te, Soois 8’ OrLyn TE Hidn Te. 
> \ wa: | > / U n / / 
andra 607, appiTronot, Ecw@ Bpaciv TE TOC TE, 
Aovcaté 7 év TroTau@, 60’ emi oKémas ot avépoto.” 210 
“Ds &pal’, at S’éctay Te Kal addAnAnoL KéAEVCAD, 
Kad ©’ dp "Odvacéa eicay éml oKérras, ws éxédevce 
Navoixda, Ovydtnp peyadyropos ’Adxuwoo010* 
\ ’ 7 ¢ a / “ / 7 a. 
Tap 0 apa ot dapos Te yiT@vd Te eiuaT EOnxar, 
na / 4 
Sakav Sé€ ypucén ev AnKVO®@ iypov edavor, 215 
jvoyov 5 apa pw ovc0at ToTapoto pono. 
, U an 
59 pa ToT audiroroct petnvda Sios ’Odvaceds: 
‘"Auditronro, «190 cttw ardmpober, dbp ey avTos 
adpnv @pmouv atrodovcopat, audt 8’ édraie 
xpicopars % yap Snpov aro ypoos éotiw arordy. 220 
bl ? > x » dap 4 O/ \ 
avtnv 8’ ovK ay éyw ye oécoopuat: aidéopar yap 
a 4 3 / , > 
yupvovc0at Kovpyow évTAoKdpmoot peTeAOwr. 
“Qs pad’, ai 6’ ardvevOev icav, elroy 5’ dpa Kovpn. 
pee e 5] rn la / a ? \ 
avTap 0 €k ToTtauov ypoa vileto dios ’Oducceds 
iuA 4 e a“ \ > / A ” 
adpunv, ol vata Kal evpéas duTeyevy Wpous* 225 
éx xeparis 8 Expnyev ados yvoov atpuyérouo. 
avTap émeidn TavTa NoéccaTo Kal Aim’ areifer, 
audi dé eiuata Eooal’ & of rope mapbévos adyurs, 
\ \ > / a \ > val 
tov pev “AOnvain OnKxev, Atos éxyeyavia, 
peilova T elowdéew Kal Taccova, Kad dé KapynTos 230 
A ® 3 e / ” e J 
ovAas HKEe Kouas, VaKwOive avOer opoias. 
as 6’ OTe Tis ypvaoY TEepiyeveTaL apyipw avnp 
idpis, dv “Hgatoros Sédaev kal Tladrdas ’AOnvy 


THE ODYSSEY, VI. 205 


out of the way, off on the surging sea, remote, no other 
tribe of men has dealings with us. But this poor man came 
hither because he missed his course, and we should give 
him aid; for under the charge of Zeus all strangers and 
beggars stand, and a small gift is welcome. Then give, 
my women, to the stranger food and drink, and let him 
bathe in the river where there is shelter from the wind.” 

She spoke ; the others stopped and called to one another, 
and down they brought Odysseus to the place of shelter, 
even as Nausikaa, daughter of brave Alkinods, had or- 
dered. They placed a robe and tunic there for clothing, 
they gave him in the golden flask the liquid oil, and bade 
him bathe himself in the stream’s currents. Then to the 
waiting-women said royal Odysseus : 

“Women, stand here aside, while by myself I wash the 
salt from off my back and with the oil anoint me; for 
it is long since ointment touched my skin. But before 
you I will not bathe; for I am ashamed to bare myself 
among you fair-haired maids.” 

So he spoke; the women went away, and told it to the 
maid. And now with water from the stream royal Odys- 
seus washed his skin clean of the salt which clung about 
his back and his broad shoulders, and wiped from his head 
the foam brought by the barren sea; and when he had 
thoroughly washed and oiled himself and had put on the 
clothing which the chaste maiden gave, Athene, child of 
Zeus, made him of taller and stouter seeming, and she 
made the curling locks to fall about his head as on the 
hyacinth flower. As when a man lays gold on silver, — 


some skilful man to whom Hephaistos and Pallas Athene 
15. 


- 206 OAYSSEIAS Z. 


/ 4 f de 4 x { 
réyynv travtoiny, xapievta Sé Epya Teele, 
&s dpa TO katéxeve yap Kepad} Te Kal w@pors. 235 
&Cer’ érevt amravev0e Kiwv él Ova Oardacons, 
Kadri Kal yapior oTIABav: Oneito Sé Kovpn. 
5 pa ToT’ auditoroicw éevTroKdpoLcL peTnvda* 
‘ Kydté ev, auditroro AevK@dXevot, Ghpa Te elitr. 
ov TdvtTwy aéknte Gedy, ot "Odvptrov éxovar, 240 
Painxeso’ 68° avip eriyployetar avtéo.cr: 
mpocbev pev yap 8 pou aevxéduos Séar’ eivat, 
vov é Ocotaw ovxe, Tol ovpavoy edpdy Eyovow. 
a \ > \ 4 / / ” 
at yap éuol Towade trocis KEeKAnpEvos ein 
évOdde vatetdwv, Kal ot Gdou avToO pipvery. 245 
Gdra S07’, audirroro, Ecive Bpaciv te Tocw Te.’ 
“Ds éba’, ai 8’ dpa THs pada pév Krvov 70’ ériPovto, 
map 8 ap ’Odvoch Eeoav Bpdciv te Tdcw Te. 
% ToL Oo Tive Kal HaOe TodvTAas Sios ’Odvaceds 
adptraréws* Snpov yap édntvos Hev atracTos. 250 
Aitap Navoixda deveddevos GAN évdncev: 
vA ee. 4 / / lol | a > , 
eiwat’ apa mrvEaca Tifa Kadys én’ amyvns, 
a “ 5’ e / 7 a 5’ 4 > l4 
evfev 5’ auovous Kpatepwvuxas, av 6’ éBn avTn. 
* 6’ "08 an A > w+ > » 9. 79 , < 
@TpUVEV vona, ros T épat é&k T ovowatev 
*"Opaeo 81) viv, Ecive, Todd’ iwev, Sppa ce Tréurrw 
matpos €uod pos Sama Saidpovos, &vOa oé nus 256 
mavtov Painkwov etdnoéuev Groot apioTot. 
GANA par wd’ epdew: Soxéers Sé poe ovK aTriwiccet* 
ee / , > \ ” \ ww» >’ > , 
ddp’ av pév K aypovs iomev Kat Epy avOpwrror, 
Toppa atv audiTrororot pcO’ Hytdvous Kal duakay 260 
/ 4 ee > fA e 4 
kapTraripws EpyerOar* éyw 8° odov ayepovevow. 
auTap émiv modlos ériBelopev tv mépt Trupyos 
¢€ \ \ 
typos, Kadds Sé AtunY ExatepOe ToANOS, 


THE ODYSSEY, VI. 207 


have taught all kinds of art, and he fashions graceful 
work ; so did she lay a grace upon his head and shoulders. 
He walked apart along the beach, and there sat down, 
beaming with grace and beauty. The maid observed ; 
then to her fair-haired waiting-women said : 

“Listen, my white-armed women, and let me tell you 
something. Not without purpose on the part of all the 
gods that hold Olympos is this man’s meeting with the 
godlike Phaiakians. A while ago, he really seemed to me 
ill-looking, but now he is like the gods that hold the open 
sky. Ah, might a man like him be called my husband, 
having his home here, and content to stay! But give, my 
women, to the stranger food and drink.” 

She spoke, and very willingly they heeded and obeyed, 
and set beside Odysseus food and drink. Then royal 
long-tried Odysseus eagerly drank and ate, for long from 
food had he been fasting. 

And now white-armed Nausikaa to other matters turned 
her thoughts. She folded the clothes and laid them in 
the beautiful wagon, she yoked the stout-hoofed mules, got 
into the cart herself, and calling to Odysseus thus she 
spoke and said : 

“ Arise now, stranger, and hasten to the town, that I 
may bring you to my wise father’s house, where you shall 
see, I promise you, the best of all Phaiakia. Only do this, 
— you seem to me not to lack understanding: while we 
are passing through the fields and through the farms, here 
with my women, behind the mules and cart, walk rap- 
idly along, and I will lead the way. But as we near the 
town, —round which is a lofty rampart, a beautiful har- 


208 OAYSSEIAS Z. 


wn € 

Aerrt) 8° ciclOun: vies 8’ oddv audiédocat 
eipvaTar: Tacw yap émiotioy éotw éxadoTo. 
évOa Sé té of ayop?), Kkarov Tlocvdyjtov apis, 
puTotow Ndeoor KaTM@puyteco apapvia. 
éva S€ vndv Grra pedrawdwv adéyovor, 
Telo“aTa Kal omeipa, Kal arokivovow épetpua. 
ov yap Painxerou wérer Buds ovdé papétpn 
> Dk \ \ b] \ la) \ na Mee 
GX totoi Kal épeTua vedv Kal vies eicat, 
How ayaddopevot Troduy Tepowat Oadaccar, 

al b] / nf > / / > / 
TOV adeelw Phu adevKea, pH Tis oTiccw 
papetn: para 8’ eioly brephiador Kata Shor: 

/ 4 bd > ” , > / 
Kat vv Tis MO’ eltnoL KaKwTEpos avTLBoAHCasS* 


‘tis 8 60¢ Navoixda éretar kados Te péyas TE 
Ecivos ; mov 5é pw edpe; Toots vd of EcoeTat avTh. 
S / / / > \ \ 

) TWa Tov TAaYXVévTA KouiccaToO Hs ad VHS 


> an a > \ bd > 4 > / 
avipav tTnrcbaTav, érel od Tuives éyylOev eiciv: 
4 Tis ot ev&auévn modvapytos Oeds HArOEv 

> / \ v4 / 4 ‘ 
ovpavolev KataBas, eer Oé pw Hwata tavra. 
Bérrepov, et Katy tep érovyouévn Tocw edpev 
Gdrobev' % yap tovade y atipate cata Sijpov 


/ an 
Dainxas, Tol ww pvavTar todées Te Kal éoOnrol.’ 


A | BE > \ / eo / an / 
@S Eépéovolv, ewol Sé K oveidea TadTa yévolTo. 
kai 8’ addy vewero, H Tis ToLadTa ye pélot, 
isd bd >/ }. \ \ \ 3:7 
iT aexnte Pitwv tTatpos Kal pntpos éovT@v 


> / / / ’ > / / > tal 
avopact pioyntas mplv y audadvov ydapov édOeiv. 
Ecive, ov 6’ Od’ euéOev Evview eros, dppa TadxioTa 


TOUTS Kal vorToLo TUYNS Tapa TaTpos emote. 
Sjews ayhaov adoos "AOnvns aye KededOov 
aiyelpwvs év dé Kpnvn vaer, audi Sé rear. 
év0a 5é matpos éuod Téwevos TeOadvid 7 ddw?, 


270 


275 


THE ODYSSEY, VI. 209 


bor on each side the town and a narrow road between, — 
there curved ships line the way; for every man has his 
own mooring-place. Beyond is the assembly near the 
beautiful grounds of Poseidon, constructed of stone blocks 
dragged there and deeply bedded. Further along, they 
make the black ships’ tackling, cables and canvas, and 
shape out the oars; for the Phaiakians have no care for 
bow and quiver, only for masts and oars of ships and the 
trim ships themselves, with which it is their joy to cross 
the foaming sea. Now the rude talk of these I would 
avoid, that no one afterwards may blame me. For very 
forward persons are about the place, and some coarse 
man might say, if he should meet us: ‘ What tall and 
handsome stranger is following Nausika&i? Where did 
she find him? A husband he will be for her, her very 
own. Some castaway, perhaps, she rescued from his ves- 
sel, some foreigner; for we have no neighbors here. Or 
at her prayer some long-entreated god has come from 
heaven above, and he will keep her his forever. Better 
to go for herself and find a husband elsewhere, for those 
about the country here, Phaiakians, she despises, though 
many fine fellows are her suitors.’ So they will talk, and 
for me it would prove a scandal. I, too, might censure 
another girl who did such things, who, heedless of friends, 
while father and mother were alive, should go with men 
before her public wedding. And stranger, do you attend 
in this to what I say, that you may soon obtain assistance 
and safe conduct from my father. Near our road you will 
see a stately grove of poplar-trees, belonging to Athene; 
in it a fountain springs, and round it is a meadow. There 


210 OAYSSEIAS Z. 


/ > \ , ¢ / / 
TOOGOV ato TTOALOS bagov Te yéyave Boncas: 
vad 4 ad 
év0a xabefouevos peivat ypovov, eis 6 Kev ipets 
datube €Mawpev Kai ixopcOa Sopata TaTpos. 
> \ > \ e / o- \ 4 ] > lal 
avtap émhv huéas EXrrn Totl dapat adiyba, 
kal tote Paijxov imev és Tworw Hd’ épéca Oar 
, \ ie bi / 5) ’ 
dmpata tmatpos éuod peyadyitopos ’“AXxwvdoL0: 
, Spee | / ae J \ \ x / e , 
peta 8° aplyvwr éotl Kat dy mds ayynoarto 
/ a 
vHTLOS* ov pev yap TL €oLKOTA ToioL TETUKTAL 
Sépata Paijxwv, oios Somos ’AXKivdoL0 
€ 
hpwos. GAN omoT av oe Sduor kexvOwor Kai avd, 
aka para peydpovo SuedOéuev, dpp’ av txnar 
? 39 > / e 5° > bp] > / > \ > lel 
pntép’ éunv: 1 8° hota em’ éoyapn év tupods avyh, 
nraKaTa oTpwhao ddrsTopdupa, Oadpua idéc Oat, 
/ / \ / e ‘ a ae 
Kiove KexkrALpévn* Suwal Sé of eiat’ dricBev. 
4 \ \ > al / / J 
év0a 5é matpos éuoto Opovos totiKéxditaL avTh, 
T® & ye olvotrotales edrjpevos aOdvatos ws 
ri Yy os 66 ° 
TOV Tapapenpapevos PNTPOS ToTL youvact yYeipas 
4 ¢e 4 / / 9 by 
Barrcw juetépns, va vootipmov Huap tdnar 
yalpwv Kaptraripes, et Kal para Tyre écai. 
[ed xév tou Keivn ye Hira dpovéno’ évi Ovpo, 
éXrwpy Tor érretta hidrovs 7 tdéew Kal ixécOat 
olxov éuxtiwevovy Kal onv és Tatpida yatav.| 
“Qs dpa dovyicas’ iwacey pactiy: pac, 
¢€ ’ e ee J / na 4 
Hptovous al 8’ @ka Aitroy ToTapoto pécOpa. 
ai 8’ eb pev Tpeyov, ed 5é TrAiccovTO TOdecow. 
\4 \ oy" -2e / 4 ge 32 / 
9 Sé€ par Hvioyevev, Orrws ap’ érolato TeCol 


805 


810 


appitronrol 7 ’Oducets te vow 8’ éréBadrev ipacOrnv. 


4 / | ee \ \ \ ”: ~ 
dvceto 7 HédLos, Kal Tol KAVTOV aAGos txoVTO 
tpov ’AOnvains, tv’ ap’ Kero Sios ’Odvaceds. 
autix’ éreit’ npato Ads Kovpyn peyddo.o. 


821 


THE ODYSSEY, VI. 211 


are my father’s lands, his fruitful vineyard, as far from 
the town as one can call. There sit and wait a while, 
until we come to the town and reach my father’s palace. 
But when you think that we have reached the palace, enter 
the city of the Phaiakians, and ask for the palace of my 
father, brave Alkinods. Easily is it known; a child, how- 
ever young, could show the way; for in nowise do the 
Phaiakians build their houses like the dwelling of Alki- 
nods their prince. But when his buildings and his court- 
yard shield you, quickly pass through the hall until you 
find my mother. She sits upon the hearth within the fire- 
light, spinning sea-purple yarn, a marvel to behold, and 
resting against a pillar. Her handmaids sit behind her. 
There too my father’s seat rests on the selfsame pillar, 
and here he sits and sips his wine like an immortal. Pass- 
ing him by, to our mother’s knees stretch out your hands, 
if you would see the day of your return with gladness and 
with speed, although you come from far. If she have 
kindness in her heart for you, then there is hope that you 
may see your friends and reach your stately house and 
native land.” 

Saying this, with her pene whip she struck the janlelk 
and fast they left the river’s streams; and well they trot- 
ted, well they plied their feet, and skilfully she reined 
them that those on foot might follow,— the waiting-women 
and Odysseus, — and with discretion she laid on the lash. 
The sun was setting as they reached the famous grove, 
Athene’s sacred ground, where royal Odysseus sat ‘him 
down. And thereupon he Lshiets to the vere grees of 
mighty Zeus : 


212 OAYSSEIAS Z. 


‘ Krd06 pev, aiywoyouo Atds téxos, atpuvtovn* 

A / / »” > \ 4 + > 
viv 84 mwép pev aKovcov, érel mdpos ov ToT aKovoas 3% 
patowévov, Ste pw’ Eppate KAVTOS evvortyatos. 
dos pw’ és Dainxas dirov édOeiy 75’ éreewov.’ 

“As par’ edyopevos, tod 8 &xrve Tladras ’AOjvy: 

x A 9 / a) , r e 
avut@ 8’ ov tw daiver’ évavtin: aideto yap pa 
matpokactyyntov? oO 8’ émitaheras pevéatvev 830 
avtiWéw ’OdSvoqu mapos tw yaiav ixéoOa. 


THE ODYSSEY, VI. 213 


“‘ Hearken, thou child of egis-bearing Zeus, unwearied 
one! Oh hear me now, although thou didst not hear me 
once before, when I was wrecked, what time the great 
Land-shaker wrecked me. Grant that I come among the 
Phaiakians welcomed and pitied by them.” 

So spoke he in his prayer, and Pallas Athene heard, 
but did not yet appear to him inopen presence; for she 
regarded still her father’s brother, who furiously raged 
against godlike Odysseus until he reached his land. 


OAYSSEIAS H. 
"OSvecéws elooSos mpds ’AAxivouv. 


“As 6 pev vO’ npato mwordTAas Sios ’Odvaceds, 
kovpnv S& mpotl daotu Pépev pévos Husovow. 
4 8 dre 8) 08 TaTpos ayaxduvTa SHpad’ ixave, 
an : ae) > / / , > 
atijcev dp’ ev mpobvporcr, Kaciyyntor 5é piv apdis 
¢ 9 2 / > , Cs Aik eT 2 b > / 
tctavT aBavato évadtyKwol, of p’ um amnvns 
Hptovous édvov éeabATad Te Echepov eiow. 
avtn &’ és Odrapov édv Hier Sate Sé of rip 
ypnvs ’Aretpain, Oadapntreros Evpupédovea, 
tiv tot ’ArreipnOev vées Hyayov aupiediocas* 
"Arxwow 8’ adtnv yépas eEedov, otvexa Tact 
Painxecow advacce, Oeod 8 Hs Sihpos axovev* 
) tpébe Navovxday reve@devoy ev peyapowww. 


aye 3 A See 2 A a , me 
9 Ol TrUP AVEKALE KAL ELOW Soptrov EKOO MEL. 


10 


Kai ror’ ’Odveceds @pto todd ipev: adtap ’AOnvn 


Torry népa xevde pita fpovéovo’ 'Odvo7u, 
/ ®@ , Ad > / 
py tis Paincov peyabvpov avTiBorjncas 
7 D493 / > > / 7 by 
Keptouéor T émréecot Kal éEepéoO’ Stig ein. 
GXN OTe 5 dp’ Ewerre mrodAw Svicecbar epavviy, 
év0a of avteBornoe Oca yraveatis ’AOnvn 
aA 3 a 4 / > 4 
maplevixkh éixvia venvids, KadXTrIVY éxyoUcD. 
A a € a 
oth 5é pda’ avtod: o 8’ aveipeto Sios ’Oducceds: 
Ee 2 Wee > yo 34 > 7 rages 
TéKOS, OK av pot Sdmov avépos Hynoato 
"Adxwoov, ds toicde pet avOp@troicww avacoe ; 
kal yap éyw Eeivos TaXarreipios évOad’ ixdva 


15 


‘VII. 
THE RECEPTION OF ODYSSEUS BY ALKINOOS. 


Tuus here royal long-tried Odysseus made his prayer; 
but to the town the strong mules bore the maid. And 
when she reached her father’s famous palace, she stopped 
before the door-way, and round her stood her brothers, 
men like immortals, who from the cart unyoked the mules, 
and carried the clothing in. The maid went to her cham- 
ber, where a fire was kindled for her by an old Apeirean 
woman, the chamber-servant Kurymedousa, whom long ago 
curved ships brought from Apeira; her they had chosen 
from the rest to be the gift of honor for Alkinods, because 
he was the lord of all Phaiakia, and the people listened to 
his voice as if he were a god. She was the nurse of white- 
armed Nausikai at the palace, and it was she who kindled 
her the fire and in her room prepared her supper. _ 

And now Odysseus rose to go to the city; but Athene 
kindly drew thick clouds around Odysseus, for fear some 
bold Phaiakian meeting him might trouble him with talk 
and ask him who he was. And just as he was entering 
the pleasant town, the goddess, keen-eyed Athene, crossed 
his way, disguised as a young girl who bore a water-jar. 
She paused as she drew near, and royal Odysseus asked : 

** My child, could you not guide me to the house of one 
Alkinoés, who is ruler of this people? For I am a toil- 
worn stranger come from far, out of a distant land. 


216 OAYSSEIAS H. 


Tnrdbev é& arins yalns' TO ov Tia olda 
> UA «A / / \ ” 7 > 
avOporrar, of tHvde TOA Kal yaiay éyovat. 

Tov 8’ avte mpocéeatre Gea yAavxaris ’AOnvn: 
‘ roryap éy@ To, Ecive matep, Souov bv pe KedeveLs 
delEw, érred prob TraTpos aptpovos éyyvOe vaier. 
> oi, a 6 Pee 9 fOr € 7 
arr’ 104 cuyh Totov, éy@ 8’ oddov Hryepovetow: 
pndé tw’ avOpmrav tpotiaceo pnd’ épéecve. 
ov yap Eelvous olde pdr avOp@rrovs avéyovTat, 
ovd’ ayatrafopevot pidéovo’ bs x ardoOev EXOn. 
vnvol Oonow Tot ye memoWoTes wKelnot 

A | Pax 2 / > ‘ an 9 > / 
Aaitwa péey extrepowow, érret odior Sax’ evooixybav: 
Tov vées w@KelaL MS eb TTEPOY HE VOnpa.’ 

‘Qs dpa dwovicac’ hyjcato Iladdas ’ AOnvy 
KapTrariwes' 0 8° érevta pet’ tyvia Baive Oeoio. 

\ b] ” / \ > DF 

tov 6’ dpa Painxes vavotxkdvTol ovK évonoay 
épxouevoy Kata adotu Sia oféas: ov yap ’AOnvn 
ela évdOxapos, Sewn Oeds, } pa of ayrdv 

/ 4 I / ay AS A 
Oeorrecinv xatéyeve dhira dpovéovo’ évi Ouye. 
Oavpatev 8 ’Oduvceds Aypévas Kal vhas éicas 
avTtav 0° hp@wv ayopas Kal Telyea paxpa 
inpnra, cKorOrecow apnpota, Oadpua idécOar. 
GX bre 8%) Bacidjos ayaxAvTa Sonal’ txovTo, 
toiot 5é ptOwv hpye Ged yraveoris ’AOjvn: 

‘ Odros 8 Tot, Ecive marep, Somos, Gv. pe KedevELs 
meppadéuev* SHews dé Svotpedéas BacirjAas, 
Sairnv Sawvpévous: ad 8’ ow Kile pndé Te Ovpod 

/ / » Ree > a“ > / 
TapBe: Oapoaréos yap avnp év Tacw dapeivov 
Epyowrww TercOe, ef Kal mroGev addoGev EdOou. 
Sécrroway pev TpaTa Kiyhnoea ev peydpoiocw* 
"Apnrn 8° dvoy’ éotiv éravupov, ex Sé ToKnwv 


THE ODYSSEY, VII. 217 


Therefore I know not one among the men who own this 
city and these lands.” 

Then said to him the goddess, keen-eyed Athene: “ Yes, 
good old stranger, I will show the house for which you 
ask, for it stands near my noble father’s. But follow on 
in silence and I will lead the way. Cast not a glance at 
any man and ask no questions ;»for our people will not 
well endure a stranger, and do not courteously receive a 
man who comes from elsewhere. In their swift ships they 
trust and they traverse the great deep, for the Earth- 
shaker has given them power. Swift are their ships as 
wing or thought.” | 

Saying this, Pallas Athene led the way in haste, and 
he walked after in the footsteps of the goddess. So the 
Phaiakians, famed for shipping, did not observe him walk- 
ing down their town among them, because Athene, the 
fair-haired powerful goddess, did not permit it, but she 
drew a marvelous mist in her heart’s kindness round him. 
And now Odysseus admired the harbors, the trim ships, 
the meeting-places of the lords themselves, and the long 
walls that were so high, fitted with palisades, a marvel to 
behold. Then as they neared the famous palace of the 
king, the goddess, keen-eyed Athene, thus began: 

“Here, good old stranger, is the house you bade me 
show. You will see heaven-descended kings sitting at 
table there. But enter in, and in your heart have no 
misgivings ; for the courageous man in all affairs better 
attains his end, come he from where he may. First you 


shall find the Queen within the hall. Arété is her name; 


218 OAYSSEIAS H. 


Tov avTay of wep Téxov ’Adxkivooy Bacidja. 
Navoidoov péev pata Ilocedawv évocixyOwv 
, \ / n be > / 
yelwato Kal ITcpiBova, yuvatkav eidos apiotn, 

¢ / £ / > / 
oTAoTaTn Ovyatnp peyadntopos Evpupédortos, 
6s 100” brepOvpoiot Tuyavtecow Bacirevev. 

GXN oO pev Wreve AadV aTdaOadov, wArETO 8’ avTOs, 

th € IToceddwv éulyn, cal éyelvato maida 

NavoiOoov peydOupov, ds év DainEw dvaces: 

Navaidoos 8’ érexev “PnEnvopa 7 ’Adkivodr Te. 

Tov pev akoupoy éovta Bad apyupotokos ’AmoANwv 
5 vd / ” n , 

vupplov év peyape, piav olnv maida rovTa 

"Apyntnv: thv & ’Adkivoos tomoat aKovtw, 

Kai pw étia’ @s ov Tis éml yOovl TieTar adn, 

dooat vov ye yuvaixes bm avdpdow oiKxov Exovot. 

&>s Kelvyn mepl Khpe tetTiuntal te Kal ert 

é& te dirwv taidav é Tt avtod ’AdKwvdoL0 

\ a v4 € \ A > / 
Kal Nawv, of pv pa Oedv Bs eicopowrres 
/ / 4 / Bs A A bla 

dedéyatar pvOorrw, OTe oTEelyno ava actu. 

» \ / f \ sue,’ / > A 
ov pev yap TL voov ye Kal avdTn Severar éoOdod: 
oiciv 7 ed hpovénot Kal avdpdot velxea Ave. 

f a 
el xév Tow Keivn ye pira dpovéno’ evi Ovpo, 
b] / 
éXrrwpy Tot ereita irovs T idéeww Kal ixéoat 
\ Lal 
oixov és tropodov Kal onv és matpida yaiav.’ 

“Ds dpa hwvycac’ aréBn yNavxaris ’AOnvy 

, - pe Pe J 4 \ / > \ 
movrov ém atpuyetov, Ale 5é Syepinv éparewyy, 
iKeTo 5’/ és Mapabdva) cal edpudyuiav ’ AO juny, 
dove 8’ | {Epex Bijos) wruxivdy Sopov. avtap ’Odvaceds 
CAdewoov \rpos Sépar’ le KAuTd* Torrd SE of Kip 
Spwaw iarapévp, mplv yddxeov oddov ixécbat. 

/ / / 
@s Te yap Hnedrlov alyAn médev He cTEAnVS 


75 


THE ODYSSEY, VII. 219 


sprung from the self-same ancestry as King Alkinods. In 
early days Nausithods was born of earth-shaking Poseidon 
and of Periboia, the chief of womankind in beauty and 
the youngest daughter of that bold Eurymedon who once 
was king of the presumptuous giants; but he brought 
ruin on his impious tribe and on himself. With Periboia 
Poseidon lay and by her had a son, sturdy Nausithods, who 
was king of the Phaiakians. Nausithods begot Rhexenor 
and Alkinoés; but before Rhexenor had a son, Apollo of 
the silver bow smote him within his hall, soon after he was 
wed, and he left behind an only child, Arété. Alkinods 
took Arété for his wife, and he has honored her as no one 
else on earth is honored among the women who to-day 
keep houses for their husbands. Thus has she had a 
heartfelt honor, and she has it still, from her own children, 
from Alkinods himself, and from the people also, who look 
upon her as a god and greet her with welcomes when she 
walks about the town. For of sound judgment, woman 
as she is, she has no lack; and those whom she regards, 
though men, find troubles clear away. If she regards you 
kindly in her heart, then there is hope that you may see 
your friends and reach your high-roofed house and native 
land.” 

Saying this, keen-eyed Athene passed away, over the 
barren sea. She turned from pleasant Scheria, and came 
to Marathon and wide-wayed Athens and entered there 
the strong house of Erechtheus. Meanwhile Odysseus 
neared the famous palace of Alkinods, and his heart was 
deeply stirred so that he paused before he crossed the 
brazen threshold; for a sheen as of the sun or moon 


220 OAYSSEIAS H. 


Sdpua KaO” inpepedés peyadrnropos ’Adx«wwoo1o. 
xarKEoL ev yap Toyo. éAmdédaT’ EvOa Kal Oa, 
> ‘ bd > le) \ / 
és puyxov €& ovdod, rept 5é€ OpiyKos Kvdvoto: 
P 2 PS) \ 6 / \ Ps / > \ yw 
xpvoeat Sé Ovpas truKivov Sduov évtds Eeprov. 
\ 2:3 4 bJ ‘ v4 i) n 
oTa0puol 8° apyvpeos év yarkéw Ectacay ovde, 
> 4 b 1 fe & Reet 00 / oe 4 
apyvpeov & éd’ brepOvpiov, ypvoén dé Kopeyn. 
xpucetor 8” éxdtepOe kal apytpeo Kives Hoar, 
ods “Hdaiotos érev&ev iduino. mpatridecat 
ddua puvraccéwevat peyadytopos ’Adxuwvdot0, 
alavatous évtas Kal ayipws huata TavTa. 
év 5€ Opovor trept rotyov épnpédat’ evOa kal évOa, 
és pvyov €& oddoio0 Svaptrepés, vO’ évi témroe 
AeTTol evvvntor BeBAHaTO, Epya yuvacKav. 
A \ / ¢€ / e “4 
évOa 5é Daujxwv hyntopes édpiowyvTo 
mivovtes Kal &ovtes* émneravoyv yap eyeckov. 
A > » a 3 / Boas a 
xptceot 8° apa Kodpor évduntav emt Bopaov 
4 > / BA \ 4 
éstacav aifopévas Saidas peta yepolv éyovtes, 
gaivoytes vixtas kata Sopata SatTupovercr. 
TevTHKovTA O€ of Suwal Kata Saya yuvaiKes 
e \ > 4 4 4 / \ 
al wey adeTpEevovat pvANS ETL HOTTA KapTrOY, 
e , PU \ ¢ U \ b] 4 rn 
ai 5 iatovs vpowot kal nrAdKaTa oTpwhoow 
Huevat, old te PiAXNA paxedvs airyeipo.o: 
katpovocéwy 8° d0ovéwy atroreiBerat bypov édarov. 
iA / \ / By, > sips 
dacov Painkes epi TavTwv idpues avdpov 
an \ + Joes, \ / / é >\ a 
via Oonv évi movt@ édavvéwev, &s dé yuvaiKes 
e a an \ / n > 4 
loTav TexvncocaL* Trept yap odior Saxev ’AOHvy 
épya 7 érictacOat mepixadréa Kal dpévas éaOrds. 
4 > > a / pad / 
extoabev & avris péyas bpyatos ayxye Ouvpdwv 
tetpayuos: qepl 8° Epxos éAnjratar audorépwber. 
&vOa dé Sévdpea paxpda trepicacr TyrcOowrTa, 


100 


105 


110 


THE ODYSSEY, VII. 221 


played through the high-roofed house of great Alkinods. 
On either hand ran walls of bronze from threshold to re- 
cess, and round about the ceiling was a cornice of dark 
metal. Doors made of gold closed in the solid building. 
The door-posts were of silver and stood on a bronze thresh- 
old, silver the lintel overhead, and gold the handle. On 
the two sides, were gold and silver dogs; these had He- 


1 av\—phaistos wrought with subtle craft to guard the house of 


mr 


great Alkinoés, creatures immortal, young forever. With- 


in were seats planted against the wall on this side and on 
that, from threshold to recess, in long array; and upon 
these were strewn light fine-spun robes, the work of wo- 
men. Here the Phaiakian leaders used to sit, drinking 
and eating, holding constant cheer. And golden youths 
on massive pedestals stood and held flaming torches in 
their hands to give light in the night-time to the feasters 
in the halls. 

In the King’s household are fifty serving maids, some 
grinding at the mill the glistering corn, some plying looms 
or spinning the twisted yarn, who as they sit are like the 
leaves of a tall poplar; and from the close-spun linen 
drops the liquid oil. For as Phaiakian men are skilled 
beyond all others in speeding a swift ship along the sea, 
so are their women practised at the loom, for on them in 
large measure Athene has bestowed skill in fair works 
and noble minds. 

Without the court and close beside its gate is a large 
garden, four acres in extent; around it runs a hedge on 


either side. Here grow tall thrifty trees — pears, pome- 
16 


"222 OAYSSEIAS H. 


. / 
dyyvar Kal poral Kal pnréar aydaoKkaptroL 
ouKéat Te yAvKepal Kal édaiar THAEHOwoar. 
Tdwv ov ToTe KapTos amoAdUTAL Ovd’ aTronElTrEt 
neimatos ovde Oépeus, émeTioios* GAA pan’ aiel 
Cehupin mveioveca Ta pev pver, GdAdra SE TréoceL. 
bd ,’ ’ SA , Lal > , \ , 
dyyun em oyxvyn ynpacKel, piprov O° él pire, 
> \ b] \ n \ la , b] \ 4 
avuTap éml otapvAn otadpvAy, cVKOV ° émi TUK. 
évOa dé of ToAvKapTos aw) éppifwrat, 
an 7 \ / Lal Pe, \ / 
Ths Etepov péev Oerdomredov Aevp@ evi YoOpY 
tépoetar nedio, étépas 8 Apa Te Tpuvyowouwr, 
ddnNas 8 tparéovors mapoiWe Sé 7 Supaxés elow 
A > n 4 , ¢ / 
avOos adveioat, Erepat 8’ bromepKalovew. 
év0a 5é xocpntal mpacial mapa velatov dpyov 
n / 
TavToia, Tepvacw, émrneTavov yavowoas* 
> \ 7 rn id / > > \ an icA 
év 5¢ dtm Kphvat ) pév T ava Kirov aravTa 
, ¢ > e , e > b] nr 5 \ ¢/ 
oxidvatat, % 5° érépwbev br’ adds ovdov inot 
mpos Sopov trnrov, 60ev bdpevovto ToNiTaL. 
tot ap év Adkwoow Oedv Ecay ayaa Swpa. 
"Ev0a otas Oneiro rodvTAas Sios ’Oducces. 
het he b \ , en , an 
avTap émeidn Tavta é@ Onjcato Oupe, 
/ e \ 00 | rg! Py , » 
Kaptraripws trép ovdov €Bjceto Swpatos ¢cico. 
& be ®@ , ¢ / noe £6 
evpe 6€ Daijxav yyjtopas Ho€ pédovtas 
omrévoovtas SeTaccow évoKoT@ apyeporTn, 
@ TupaTt@ oTévdecKov, OTE pvnoaiato KotTov. 
: e nw fal an 
avtap 0 BH dia SOpa TodvTAas Sitios ’Odvaceds, 
\ b he Ale 7 ce e / ’ , 
TOMY Hep exXwv, Hv ot mepixevev “AOnvn, 
> an 
opp tker “Apnrnv te Kal “Adkivoov Bacidija. 


appr o° dip’ "Apnrns Bare yovvact yxeipas ’Odveceds, 


U4 a 
kal toTe Oy p’ adtoio madkw yvTo Oécpatos anp. 
¢ 5’ ” » PELE 56 , a 50 : 
ol 0 ave@m eyevovTo Oomov KaTa PwTa LooVTES, 


12 


130 


185 


144 


THE ODYSSEY, VII. 223 


granates, apples with shining fruit, sweet figs and thrifty 
olives. On them fruit never fails; it is not gone in win- 
ter or in summer, but lasts throughout the year; for con- 
stantly the west wind’s breath brings some to bud and 
mellows. others. Pear ripens upon pear, apple on apple, 
cluster on cluster, fig on fig. Here too the teeming vine- 
yard has been planted, one part of which, the drying 
place, lying on level ground, is heating in the sun ; in an- 
other part men gather grapes; and elsewhere still they 
tread them. In front, the grapes are green and shed their 
flower, but a second row are now just turning dark. And 
here trim garden-beds, along the outer line, spring up in 
every kind and all the year are gay. Near by, two foun- 
_ tains rise, one scattering its streams throughout the gar- 
den, one bounding by another course beneath the court- 
yard gate toward the high house ; from this the townsfolk 
draw their water. Such at the palace of Alkinods were 
the gods’ splendid bounties. | 
Here royal long-tried Odysseus stood and gazed. Then 
after he had gazed on all to his heart’s fill, he quickly 
crossed the threshold and came within the house. He 
found the Phaiakian captains and councillors pouring 
libations from their cups to the keen-sighted Speedy- 
comer; for to him they always offer a last cup when they 
prepare for bed. Across the hall went royal long-tried 
Odysseus, still clothed in the thick cloud which Athene 
drew around him, until he came to Arété and to King Al- 
kinods. About Arété’s knees Odysseus threw his arms, 
and then the marvelous cloud drew back from off him. 
Seeing a man, all became hushed throughout the house, 


224 OAYSSEIAS H. 


Oatpatov 8’ opowrytes: 0 Sé AuTdvevey ’Odvaceds: 
‘’Apyntn, Ovyatep “PnEjvopos avtiéoio, 


, / 4 , epee. \ / 
cov te Tdow od Te youval’ ixadvw ToANA poynoas, 


Tovabe Te OalTUupovas, Toiaw Deol GABPa Soiev 
Cwdwevat, Kal Tavoly émitpépecey ExacTos 
/ | a oe 4 / > of n 4 
KTHMaT evil peyapovot yépas 0 6 te SHpos edwxev. 
> \ > \ \ > 4 FS9;, E79 
avTap €uol Toumny oTpvveTe TaTtpio’ ixécOau 


Oaccov, érel 6) Sn0a didwv aro Thuata Tacxo. 


a > \ > vos? v, B20 9 / > / 
Qs eir@v kat’ ap’ eer’ én’ éoydpn év Kovinar 
map wupi: ot 8’ dpa tavtes axny éyévovto ciwTh. 

Oye dé 51) peréevre yépav tpos ’Eyévnos, 
a \ / > rn / 9 
ds 57 Daijcov avdpav mpoyevéotepos ev 
Kal pvOo.ct KéxacTo, Tadaid Te TOANG TE Ecldas* 
iA 4 / b] / \ / 
5 odw évppovéwy ayopyoato Kal peréevrrev* 
‘’Ardkivo’, ov pév Tot TOde KaALOV OvdSE EoLKe, 
Ecivov pév yapal HoOar em’ eoydpn ev Kovinow: 
oe M \ la / > Ud 
olde S€ cov pdOov roTibéypevor icyavowrTat. 
GN aye 67 Ecivov pev érl Opdvov apyupondov 
elcov avactncas, ov 5é KnpiKecot KéNEVTOY 
oivoy émixphoat, wa Kal Aut tepixepatyo 
/ ec , Cae See) > / > Lal 
otelcouev, Os 0’ ixérnow Gy aidolorow omndet. 
Soprov dé Eclvm tapin Sotw évdov eovtawv.’ 
/ 
Aitap émel 76 y dKovo’ tepov pévos ’AdxwvooL0, 
Lp S la 
xetpos EXov ’Odvoja Saihpova morkihopyntny 
, e 
@poe an’ éryapopw Kal él Opovou eice facwvov, 
viov dvactncas ayarnvopa Aaodauarta, 
/ 
bs of wAnolov ile, wartota Sé pw diréecke. 
/ / 
xépviBa 5’ auditroros mpoyow éréyeve pepovea 
el t ¢ \ 3 / / 
kanh xpuoein, brép apyupéovo AERTS, 
/ 
vipacOat: mapa Sé Leotnv érdvucce tparrelav. 


145 


160 


165 


170 


THE ODYSSEY, VII. 225 


and seeing marveled; and thus Odysseus made his suppli- 
cation: “ Arété, daughter of divine Rhexenor, to your hus- 
band do I come, and to your knees, through many a strug- 
gle, and to these feasters too. May the gods grant them 
the blessing of long life, and may each leave his children 
his wealth at home and every honor men have given. 
But quickly grant me aid to reach my native land; for 
long cut off from friends I have been meeting hardship.” 

When he had spoken thus, he sat down on the hearth 
among the ashes by the fire, while all were hushed to 
silence. At last the old lord Echenéos spoke, the oldest 
man of the Phaiakian race, preéminent in speech and full 
of knowledge of the past. He with good will addressed 
them thus, and said : 

“ Alkinoés, this is not quite honorable to you; it is un- 
seemly that a stranger should be sitting on the hearth 
among the ashes. Awaiting words of yours, these men 
hold back. Come then, raise up the stranger, seat him on 
the silver-studded chair, and bid the pages mix more wine, 
that we may also pour to Zeus, the Thunderer, who waits 
on sacred suppliants. And let the housekeeper provide a 
supper for the stranger from what she has in store.” 

Now when revered Alkinoés heard his word, he took by 
the hand Odysseus — that keen man, of varied wisdom — 
raised him from the hearth and placed him on a shining 
chair, making his son arise, manly Laodamas, who sat 
beside his father, for his father loved him best. And 
water for the hands a servant brought them in a beautiful 
pitcher made of gold, and poured it out over a silver basin 
for their washing, and by them spread a polished table. 


226 OAYSSEIAS H. 


/ / / 
cirov 8’ aidoin tauin TwapéOnKxe dépovca, 
/ val 
eldata TOAN émiBeioa, yapifouévn TapeovTov. 
avtap 0 tive Kai HoOe Tod’Tras dios ’Odvaceds* 
\ t / / / ’ / 
Kal TOTe KnpuvKa Tpocédn pévos ’ANKLvOOL0' 
‘ IIovrdvoe, kpnthnpa Kepacodpevos péOv vetpov 
Tacw ava péyapov, iva Kal Aw Teprixepatye 
/ ae ee ey 4 io 9 > / ? a? 
omeicopev, O00’ ixérnow ap’ aidoioiow omndel. 
“Qs Pato, ITovrévoos bé pedippova oivoy éxipva, 
vounoev 5’ dpa Tacw érapEdpevos SeTdeoow. 
> \ > \ a / 9.52 / > + \ 
avTap émel otreicay 7 émvov @ dcov HOere Ovpos, 
A ? > / > / \ / 
toicw 8’ ’AdKivoos ayopycato Kal peréeuTre. 
‘ Kéxdute, Daujcwv nyntopes nd€ pédovtes, 
opp’ cimw Ta pe Ovpos évl aornBecot Kerever. 
vov pév Sarodpevor KaTakeleTe olkad’ tovTes* 
3 oO \ / > / / 
nave Sé yépovtas éml mréovas KadécavTes 
nm + De | / / > \ “ 
Eeivoy évi peyapos Eewiocopev dé Oeoior 
péEowev tcpa Kara, recta S€ kal twepl Tours 
4 Q’ A > « a + 0 , ae ES 
pvnooped’, ds x 0 Ecivos dvevOe Tovov Kal avins 
n e > i? / / ad ~ 
TouTh vp iuetépn tv twatpiia yaiay ixnrat 
/ 
Xalpwv KapTrarimes, eb Kal wdra THrAOOEY éoTl, 
/ n 
pndé TL peconyls ye Kaxov Kal ria abnor 
4 \ / 
mpl ye Tov hs yains émuBnwevar: evOa 8’ ererta 
/ id € 3 lal al 
TeloeTal dooa ol aica Kata Kroes Te Bapetas 
/ / 
yewouev@ vycavto KNiv@, Ste pw Téxe LTP. 
> / > al 
et 6€ Tis ADavdtwv ye Kat’ ovpavod eidnrovber, 
- \ , 
arXo Tt On 70d’ Errevta Deol TepiyunyavowrTat. 
Y eme' \ \ n 
aleL yap TO tapos ye Ocot daivovtar évapyeis 
, ea 9 4 
nuiv, ed7’ Epdwpev ayakdertas éxaTouBas, 
/ / 
Saivuvtai te Trap’ dup KaOnpevor EvOa rep Huets. 
> v ra c 
et 8’ dpa tis Kal podvos iwv EvpBAnTat odirns, 


176 


190 


195 


THE ODYSSEY, VII. 227 


And the grave housekeeper brought bread and placed be- 
fore them, setting out food of many a kind, freely giving 
of herstore. So royal long-tried Odysseus drank and ate. 
And now to the page revered Alkinoés said : 

“ Pontonods, mix a bowl and pass the wine to all within 
the hall, that we may also pour to Zeus, the Thunderer, 
who waits on sacred suppliants.’’. 

He spoke; Pontonods stirred the cheering wine and 
served it out to all, with a first pious portion for the cup. 
So after they had poured and drunk as their hearts wished, 
then thus Alkinods addressed them, saying : 

“ Hearken, Phaiakian captains and councillors, and let 
me tell you what the heart within me bids. Now that the 
feast is over, go to your homes and rest; and in the morn- 
ing we will call more elders hither, and entertain the 
stranger in our hall, and make fit offering to the gods. 
Then afterwards will we take thought about his escort, 
so that the stranger free from toil and trouble may by our 
escort reach his native land in gladness and with speed, 
although he comes from far. So shall he, meanwhile, meet 
no ill or harm till he set foot in his own land ; there, in 
the days to come, he shall receive whatever fate and the 
stern spinners wove in his birth-thread when his mother 
bore him. But if he be some deathless one come down 
from heaven, then do the gods herein deal with us 
strangely ; for heretofore the gods have always shown 
themselves in person, and when we offer splendid heca- 
tombs they sit beside us at the feast, even like ourselves. 
And if a man, walking alone, meet them upon his way, 


228 OAYSSEIAS H. 


LA / > 2 , > 
ov TL KaTaKpUTrToVoW, émrel odhicw éeyydOev eiper, 
as wep Kixrtorés te cat adypia hira Tvydvrov.’ 


205 


Tov 8’ drraperBopevos mpocéhn trorvpntis ’Odvoceds: 
‘’Anxivo’, dddo Ti ToL pedétwo dhpeciv: od yap eyo ye 


> / ” \ > \ > \ 4 
aavarowrw &oika, Tol ovpavoy edipdiy éxovow, 
ov déuas ovdé hunv, GAA Ovntoicr Bportoicw: 
cf e rn + / > bY / > \ 
ots Tivas wpels tote pddior’ byéovtas dvfdy 
avOporav, Toicly Kev év adyecw icwoaiunp. 
kal 8’ étt Kev Kal paddov éy@ Kaka pvOnoaipnp, 
dcoa ye 62) Evuravta Oedy loTnTe poynca. 
> a: 2 \ \ na >7 / , 
GXNr’ ewe prev Soptijcat édcate Kndopevov tep* 
ov yap TL oTuyeph éml yaotéps KivTEpov aAXO 
4 4 athe eek Log / PK 4 
émdeTo, ) T exéNevoev Eo pvjoacbar avdyKn 
\ / / \ > \ / 4 
Kal para Teipopevov Kat évi pect révOos exovra, 
A 
@s Kal éyo mévOos péev Eyw dpeclv, ) Se pdr aiel 
> / / / ? / / 
éoOéwevar KédeTar Kal mivéwev, ex Sé we TavTov 
AnOdver bao’ Erabov, nal éviTrHcacOar avewryet. 
¢e n ? > VA ee, 9 2A / 
bpeis 8’ OrptvecOar ay’ Hot pawopérvnduw, 
e a 2 \ \ / > na > / / 
@s Kk ewe Tov SvoTHvoyv éuns éemuBycete Tatpns, 
N77 
Kal Tep TOAAa TrabovTa* iSovTa pe Kal AitroL aiwv 
a pee," as ee \ / A ? 
KTHow éunv, Su@ds Te Kal trepedés péya Spa. 
“Qs &pab’, ot 8 dpa mavtes émnveov 7d’ éxéXevov 
mewTréwevar Tov Eeivov, émel Kata polpay éecrrev. 
a \ 
avtap étel omeicay 7 Eriov 0’ dcov HOEr€C Oupos, 
e \ / 4 2 of a 
ol bev Kakkelovtes EBay oixovde ExacTos, 
e a 
avTap o év peyap@ wrrenelreto Sios ’Oducceds, 
\ 
map dé ot ’Apnrn te kai ’Adkivoos Oeoerd)s 
, ld 
hoOnv: aydironros 8’ amexoopeov évtea Sactds. 
totow 5’ ’Apytn AevKeAEVOS HpyeTo pvOwv: 
4 A , lal / vA a & r 
éyva yap papos Te xiTava Te elpat’ idotdca 


210 


215 


220 


THE ODYSSEY, VII. 229 


they do not hide, for we are of their kin, as are the Cy- 
clops and the wild tribes of Giants.” 

Then wise Odysseus answered him and said: “ Al- 
kinods, other thoughts of me be yours! I am not like the 
deathless ones who hold the open sky, either in form or 
bearing, but, on the contrary, I am like men that die; and 
whomsoever you have known bearing most grief amongst 
mankind, his sorrows I could equal. Yes, even more 
distresses still I might relate, which first and last I bore 
at the gods’ bidding. But let me now, though sick at 
heart, taste food; for nothing is more brutal than an an- 
gry belly. It bids a man attend perforce, sadly though 
he be worn, though grief be on his mind. Even so, I too 
have grief upon my mind, and yet this evermore calls me 
to eat and drink; all I have borne it makes me quite for- 
get, and bids me take my fill. But do you hasten at the 
dawn of day to land unhappy me in my own country, for 
I have suffered long; and let life pass, so I may once be- 
hold my own domain, my slaves, and my great high-roofed 
house.” 

Such were his words; they all agreed, and bade send 
on the stranger, for rightly had he spoken. Then after 
they had poured and drunk as their hearts wished, they 
sought their rest, and each departed homeward. So in 
the hall was royal Odysseus left behind; Arété, too, and 
godlike Alkinods sat beside him, while servants cleared 
away the dishes of the meal. Then thus began white- 
armed Arété ; for when she saw Odysseus she knew his 
robe and tunic to be the beautiful clothing which she her- 


230 OAYSSEIAS H. 


Kana, Ta p’ avTn Tevke ory audeTroroor yuvarkl: 
Kal piv hovicac’ érea TTEpoevTa Tpocnvda’ 
‘ Reive, TO wev oe TPOToV eyov eipyjoouat avTn: 
, Ld 5 b] a / / if 9 
tis woOev eis avdpay ; Tis ToL Tabe elwaT’ EdwxKer ; 
ov 53 dhs él movrov adwpevos évOdd’ ixécOas ;’ 


Tiv 8 arraperBopevos tpocédn todvpntis ’Odvcceds: 


Uy n 
‘ apyanréov, Bacireva, Sinvenéws aryopedoar 
} 
Knde, émel wou ToAAA Socav Deol ovpaviwves* 
nr / : ey 2 vd > > / > ” 
TovTo S€ ToL épéw O p’ avelpeat nde peTadras. 
720 f na > / fa > id \ lad 
yvyin tis vicos atompobev eiv GAL KetTat, 
év0a pev “Atravtos Ovydtnp, SorAcecoa Kadvwa, 
/ ’ , \ / > / > 
valer éuTAOKapos, Set Beds: ovdé Tis AUTH 
/ + fal an ” @ n > @ / 
pioyetat ote Oedv ovTe OvnTtav avOpaTrwr. 
> P02 \ \ 4 > / A / 
GAN éwé tov SvaTnvov épéotiov Hyaye Saipov 
> a a a 
oiov, émet ot vna Bony apynte Kepavy@ 
Zedvs Edoas éxéacoe péow evi olvoTe TovTo. 
[€v@” drrot pev raves arépOiOev écOrol éEraipor, 
r Deen 3 \ , > \ ey \ \ bd / 
avTap éym TpoTWw ayKas éXwv veds audtedtoons 
> n , / / \ 7 
évvijuap depounv > Sexdtn Sé pe vuKTL peraivyn 
a \ 
vncov és ‘Dyvyinv wéracav Oeoi, évOa Karuwo 
valet éuTAOKapmos, Sewv2) Oeds, 4% pe AaBodoa 
> A a. 
évoduKéws ebirer Te Kal Erpedhev Noe efacKe 
/ 
Oncev abavatov Kal ayjipov juata TavTa* 
+ 
GXN éwov od tote Ovpov évt ornbcoow ErreOev.] 
a" 
év0a pev éerraetes pévov eurredov, elwata 8’ avet 
a 4 
Saxpvot Sevecxov, Ta pot auBpota Saxe Karviyo: 
GN bre 82 dydSodv pou emuTAOpevoy Eros HOE, 
\ , Y le: Wee PER 5) , , 
Kal Tote 6 pw exérXevoev érroTptvovea véecOat 
Znvos wn’ ayyerins, 7 Kal voos étpatreT avTijs. 
\ 
méure 5’ emt oxedins ToAvdéopov, TOdAa 8’ Edwxe, 


241 


THE ODYSSEY, VII. 231 


self had made — she and her waiting-maids ; and speaking 
to him in winged words, she said : 

“ Stranger, I will myself first ask you this. Who are 
you? Of what people? Who gave to you this cloth- 
ing? Did you not say you came to us through being lost 
at sea?” 

Then wise Odysseus answered her and said: “ Hard it 
were, Queen, fully to tell my woes, because the gods of 
heaven have given me many; but that for which you 
ask and seek I will declare. Ogygia is an island lying 
far out at sea, where the daughter of Atlas dwells, crafty 
Kalypso, a fair-haired, powerful goddess. Her no one 
visits, either among the gods or mortal men; but hapless 
me some power led thither to her hearth, and all alone, 
for Zeus with a gleaming bolt smote my swift ship and 
wrecked it in the middle of the wine-dark sea. There all 
the rest of my good comrades perished, but I myself caught 
in my arms the keel of my curved ship and drifted for nine 
days. Upon the tenth, in the dark night, gods brought 
me to the island of Ogygia, where Kalypso dwells, the 
fair-haired, powerful goddess. She took me in and loved 
me well, cared for my needs, and often said that she would 
make me an immortal, young forever; but she never 
beguiled the heart within my breast. Here for seven 
years I lingered on, and often with my tears would I be- 
dew the robes Kalypso gave, immortal though they were. 
But when the eighth revolving year was come, she bade 
me, ay she urged me, to depart, whether through message 
sent from Zeus or that her own mind changed. Upon a 
strong-built boat she sent me forth, giving abundant food, 


232 OAYSSEIAS H. — 


rn \ A ty, 4 
cirov Kal péOv dd, Kat GuBpota eiwata eocer, 
/ 
odpov S€ mpoénKkey amnmova Te NLapoy Te. 

/ 
érta 5€ Kal dSéxa pev TA€OVY HuaTta TovTOTTOpEvMD, 
> / 2-2 A bl 4 f 
oxtwxavdenatn 8 épdvn bpea oKioevTa 

/ I 5 
yains tpetépns, ynOnoe dé pou pirov Top 
§ , 5 \ ” ” , f) . og 
vopopm* % yap euedrov ere Evvécer Oar ort 
n a / > / 
ToAAH, THv por errapce Iloceiddwv évocixOwr, 
‘ tL 
ds pot ehoppnoas avéwous Katédnce KédevOa, 
apwev S¢ Odraccav abécdhartov, oddé TL Kdpa 
ela em) aoyedins ddwa aotevdyovta pépec@at. 
\ 2: y 
Thv pev érreita Ovedra StecKédac’* avTap eyw ye 
a / 
vnxopevos TOde Aaitwa SiéTwayov, Shpa pe yan 
¢ / b] A / + / \ i) 
buetépn éméXacce hépwv aveuds Te Kal vdwp. 
év0a Ké pw éexBaivovta Bincato xdp’ én yépoou, 
L \ ss \ 2 , , 
TéTPNS Tpos pmeyadnot Badov Kal atepTér ywpo* 
b] TORR , a / e ree 
arn avaxacoapevos viyyov dd, etos émidAOov 
és twotapov, TH by pot éeloato yapos aptoTos, 
Nelos TeTpdwv, Kal él oKéTras hv avéuoo. 
éx 8’ érecov Oupnyepéwv, emi 8’ ayBpocin v0é 
MrAvO’+ éyo 8’ amdvevOe Siumetéos troTapoio 
éxBas év Odpvorcr xatédpabov, audi dé dvrAXra 
> ., ‘ ¢/ be 0 \ bis / a 
npvoaynv: iavov dé Geos Kat’ arrelpova yedev. 
év0a pev év pirAXovot, hirov TeTinpévos %ToOp, 
evoov Tavvixios Kal ém’ 7@ Kal pécov juap: 
8 / , ? bans / \ ef | ae 
UGETO T NEALOS, KAL ME YAVKUS UITVOS avijKer. 
audirrorous 8’ él Owl tens évonoa Ovyarpos 
4 a a 
mafovaas, év 8’ avth env étxvia Oefor. 


\ lal 
Thy ixéteva’* % 8 ov TL vonpaTtos HuBpotrev écOrod, 


@s ovK dy EXrroLo vewTEpoy ayTiacayTa 
> / 
épéuev* alel yap Te vewtepor appadéovow. 


270 


275 


THE ODYSSEY, VII. 233 


bread and sweet wine; she clad me in immortal robes and 
sent along my course a soft and gentle breeze. For sev- 
enteen days I sailed across the sea; on the eighteenth 
there came in sight the dim heights of your coast, and I 
was glad at heart —ill-fated I, who yet must meet the 
sore distress which earth-shaking Poseidon brought upon 
me. For he awoke the winds and barred my progress, 
stirred marvelously the waters, and the waves did not 
suffer me, spite of my many groans, to ride upon my boat. 
This soon the tempest shattered, and I by swimming forced 
my way through the flood, till at your coast the driving 
wind and water brought me in. Here, as I tried to land, 
the waves upon the shore might well have overcome me, 
casting me on great rocks and on forbidding ground ; but 
I turned back and swam until I reached a stream where 
the ground seemed most fit, well cleared of stones and 
sheltered from the wind. Gathering my strength, I stag- 
gered out, and the immortal night came on. Off to a 
distance from the heaven-descended stream I walked and 
fell asleep among the bushes, heaping the leaves around ; 
and here God poured upon me a slumber without end. 
For lying among the leaves, worn to the very soul, I slept 
all night till morning, then till noon; the sun was going 
down as the sweet slumber left me. And now upon the 
beach I saw your daughter’s maids, playing a game, and 
she among them seemed a goddess. To her I made en- 
treaty, and she was not lacking in sound judgment, such 
as you could not hope that a young person meeting you 
would show ; for usually the young are giddy. She gave 


234 OAYSSEIAS H. 


a uA bd J 
pou oitov édwxev Gris 7d’ ai€orra oivor, 
\ ee Bae al / / ~ 2? 
Kal Novo’ év ToTape, Kai pot Tade elwat’ edmxe. 
a / > 4 4 > / / 5] 
TavTd ToL ayvipevos Tep adnGeinv KaTere~a. 
Tov 8 ait ’Adkivoos atapeiBeto davncév Te 


c a) or \ a_?f ite , b) a. af 
Eciv’, 9 Tol ev TOVTO Y EVaioLwov OVK EevonceE 


n \ EA / 
mais éun, ovvexd o ov TL peT AudiTroroor yuvasEly 300 


5 > e / \ 7 4 © 7s ’ 
Hryev és hpétepov: av 8’ apa mpwTny tkéTevoas. 


Tov 8’ atrapevBopevos tpocdépn tmodvuntis ’Odvaceds: 


4 
‘Fpws, py por Tovver’ autpova velkee KoUpHV’ 
) pev yap p éxédeve civ auditorocw ErecOau: 
GXN éyw ovK Oedov Seicas aicyvvopevos Te, 
/ 
un Tes Kal cot Oupos émicxvocatto idovTt- 
Stotnror yap 7 eipev él yOovi por avOpeTrav. 
Tov 8’ abt ’Adkivoos arapeiBeto pavncév Te* 
‘ £eiv’, od} por TowodTov évi oTHnOecor pirov Kip, 
/ a 
parpidios Keyoroobar: apelvw 8’ alowwa Tavta. 
at yap, Zed te twatep kal ’AOnvain Kai ”AronXor, 
al >\ / > / / bud a / 
Toios €wv olds éoot, Ta Te Hpovéwy AT eyw TEP, 
ad / >, (2 \ b] / \ eS. \ Ld 
maida T éunv eyéuev kal éwos yauBpos KadéeoCar 
9 4 S / gp ew \ / f 
ave wévov: oixov Sé kK éym Kal KTHpata Soinr, 
” > 3f¢ 4 >/ / , bd + De 
el x €OéXov ye pévois: aékovta Sé o° ov Tis Epvé&er 
Painxov' pn Tovto dirov Aub watpl yévorro. 
/ 5’ > 95” 2 ow / ” ? 9 SH 
moumny 5’ és TOs’ éym Texpalpopat, Opp’ ed ELdjs, 
BA ” a de \ S 5 8 / ef 
avpiov &+ thos 5é od pev Sedunpuévos drrv@ 
réFear, of 8 EXOwae yarjvnv, ddp’ av txnar 
f3) \ \ a \ yy ra } b \ 
matpioa anv Kal d0ua, Kal el mov tot dirov éotiv, 
el wep Kal pada Toddov éExactépw ect EvdPoiys, 
, / Mm Jee 7 y 
Thy Tep THAOTAaTwW dao’ Eupevat of pw idovTo 
Aawv Hyetépwv, Ste te EavOov ‘PaddyavOvv 
\ 
Fryov érrovropevov Trrvov, Tainov viov. 


310 


815 


THE ODYSSEY, VII. 235 


me bread enough and sparkling wine, she bathed me in 
the river and gave to me these clothes. Thus in my sor- 
row I have told you all the truth.” 

Then answered him Alkinods and said: “ Stranger, 
herein my child showed no right judgment, that she did 
not bring you hither with her maids. Yet it was she to 
whom you first made your entreaty~’ 

Then wise Odysseus answered him and said: “ Sire, 
do not for this reproach the blameless girl. For she in- 
structed me to follow with the maids; but I would not, 
for fear and very shame, lest possibly your heart might be 
offended at the sight. Suspicious creatures are we sons 
of men on earth.” 

Then answered him Alkinods and said: “Stranger, 
the ‘heart within my breast is not one lightly troubled. 
Better, good sense in all things. O father Zeus, Athene, 
and Apollo, that such a man as you, so like in mind to 
me, might take my child, be called my son-in-law, and 
here abide! For I would give you house and goods if 
you would like to stay. Against your wish, shall no 
Phaiakian hold you. That, father Zeus forbid! Nay, I 
will fix your setting forth, that you may rest secure; to- 
morrow shall it be. And you shall be lying all the time 
wrapt in a sleep, while they are speeding you along calm 
seas until you reach your land and home or anywhere you 
will, though it indeed were far beyond Eubea, which is 
said to be the very farthest shore by those among our 
people who once saw it when they carried light-haired 
Rhadamanthus to visit Tityos, the son of Gaia. Yes, 


236 OAYSSEIAS H. 


e 95 \ 
kal pev ot év0’ HrOov, Kati dtep KapaTowo TéXecoaV 
MATL TO AVT@® Kal aTHvucay oiKad’ OTriccw. 
> / \ \ > \ o> % \ id ” 
eldnoes 5€ Kal avtos évi hpeciv bacov dpiorat 
ves €ual Kal Kovpot avappintew dha nda.’ 
a ~ 
Qs haro, ynOncev S€ tworvTras dios ’Odvaceds, 
> / > 5 4 > » oa Oe Fy Re 
evyomevos 8 apa eimev Eros T Epar’ &x 7 dvopate: 
‘Zev tatep, aid’ dca eime TerevTHCELeY ATavTa 
"Adkivoos* tov pev Kev éml feidwpov dpovpav 
/ 
acBeotov Kdéos eln, eyo Sé Ke matpld’ ixoiwnv. 
« \ fa) 
Qs ot wéev Toradta mMpos AAAHAOUS ayopevor, 
, 
KéxreTo 8’ "Apyntrn AevKwAEVOS audiTrerotot 
/ 
déuve vm’ aidoton Oéuevar kal pyyea Kara 
mopptpe euBaréew, stopécar T edvtepOe Tdamntas, 
xraivas 7 evOéuevat ovrNas KabdrrepOev Ecacbar. 
ai 8’ icav éx peyapowo ddos peta yepoly éxovcat: 
avTap émel oTdpecay TuKWoVv héxXos éyKovéoveat, 
atpuvov "Odvona tapiotdpevar érréeoow* 
‘"Opco kéwv, @ Ecive temointar Sé Tou evvy. 
a / ae 3 > \ ee f OF 
as dav: Te 8 aomacTov éeicaTo KoipnOjvar. 
as o pev &v0a Kabedde TorvTAas dios ’Odvaceds 
a ? / eu 8 al / > 6 / cE 
TpnTos ev Aeyéeoow UT’ aidovon EpioovTr@ 
Lal , an 
"Arkivoos 8’ dpa rEKTO puy@ Sopov wYrnroIo, 
\ \ \ / / , > / 
map dé yuvn Séotrowa éxos TOpaUVE Kal EevVHD. 


THE ODYSSEY, VII. 237 


there they went, without fatigue performing all, and on 
the self-same day finished the journey home. But you 
shall judge, in your own mind, how excellent my ships 
and young men are in tossing up the water with the oar.” 

He spoke, and glad was royal long-tried Odysseus, who, 
making his prayer, uttered these words and said: 

“QO father Zeus, all that Alkinods has said may he 
fulfil. Then on the fruitful earth should he have quench- 
less fame, and I should gain my country.” 

So ran their talk with one another. Meantime white- 
armed Arété bade her maids to set a couch beneath the 
portico, to lay upon it beautiful purple rugs, spread 
blankets over these, and then place woollen mantles on 
the outside for a covering. So the maids left the hall, 
with torches in their hands. And after they had spread 
the comfortable bed with busy speed, they summoned 
Odysseus, drawing near and saying: “Come, stranger, 
come to sleep. Your bed is ready.” So did they speak, 
and to him rest seemed delightful. Thus royal long-tried 
Odysseus fell asleep upon the corded_bed, beneath the 
echoing portico. But Alkinods lay in the recess of his 
high hall, and there the Queen, his wife, made ready her 


bed beside him. 
17 


OAYSSEIAS O. 
OSvectws cioracis tmpds Palaxas. 


"Hyos 8 npiyévera havn pododaxturos ’Has, 
” > » 2 2 A girls f ? ; 4 
@pvut ap é& ebvis tepov pévos “Adxuvooto, 
dv 8° dpa Suoyevris @pto Tod TopOos ’Odvaceds. 
a >, ¢ , sO a , > r 
toicw 8° Hyepwovev’ tepov pévos “Axkwvooto 
Dainxwv ayopnve, h cpw Tapa vnvot TETUKTO. 5 
€XOovtes Sé xabifov emi Eectoiar ALOovct 
mrnoiov' 1 8’ ava aotu petoyeto IIaddas ’AOjyrn, 
eldopévn Kxnpuxr Saippovos ‘Adxivoo.o, 
vootov Odvaocht pmeyadyrops pntiowca, 
Five € , \ / / nr 
Kai pa éxaot@ hwtl wapistapévn ato pdGov* 10 
‘ A an > + ft € / roe a5) 
eoT aye, Painkwv nynropes Noe péedovTES, 
> > \ >/ v / , 
eis ayopny tévat, Oppa Eeivovo mvOnobe, 
ds véov “Adxuwwooto Saidpovos ixeto SOpa 
Ud I] \ , > / e lal , 
movtov émimAvayyxOels, Séuas aBavatotow opoios. 
a »’ a? pA / \ \ ec / 
¢ elmovo @Tpuve mévos Kal Oupoy éxacTov. 15 
KapTaripws 6 éumAnvto Bpotav ayopai te Kal edpat 
> / \ ‘ ” / Paw ied 
aypowévev* toddol 5’ apa Onjcavto idovTes 
e\ / A tS Ae eh , 
viov Aaéptao dSaidpova. ted 8’ ap’ “AOnvn 
Ocotrecinv Katéyeve yap Kepary Te Kal omots, 
/ / \ , fol PANIA 
kal piv paxpoTepoyv Kal taccova OjKev idécar, 20 
cd / / / 
ws Kev Paijxecot hiros wavteca yévotto 
Sewos 7 aidotos Te, Kal éxtedécevev aéOXous 
moAnous, Tors Painxes éerrecpnoavt’ ’Odvajos. 
> a > Pe a 4 ¢ EME 2 ee mire 3 
avTap érei p’ HryepOev ounyepées 7’ éyévovTo, 


VIII. 
THE STAY OF ODYSSEUS IN PHAIAKIA. 


As soon as the early rosy-fingered Dawn appeared, 
revered Alkinods rose from bed, and up rose also high- 
born Odysseus, spoiler of cities. And now revered Al- 
kinods led the way to the assembly-place of the Phaia- 
kians, which lay beside the ships. When they were 
come, they took their seats on polished stones, set side by 
side; while Pallas Athene went throughout the town in 
the likeness of the page of wise Alkinods, planning the 
journey home of brave Odysseus; and every man she 
met she thus accosted : 

“Come hither, Phaiakian captains and councillors, 
come, haste to the assembly-place, to hear about the stran- 
ger who came but lately to the house of wise Alkinods 
when cast away at sea. In form he is like the immor- 
tals.” 

With words like these she stirred in each a zeal and 
a desire, and speedily the assembly-place and all its seats 
were filled with those who came. Then many marveled 
when they saw the wise son of Laértes; for Athene had 
cast a wondrous grace about his head and shoulders, and 
she had made him taller and stouter to behold, that so he 
might find favor in all Phaiakian eyes as one of power 


and worth, and that he also might win many games in 
which the Phaiakians tried Odysseus. So when they had 


240 OAYSSEIAD 0. 


a f 
toiaw 8’ ’AdKivoos ayopjcato Kal peréetre* 

‘ Kéxdute, Daujxwv yynropes nde pédovtes, 
bpp’ cimw Ta we Oupos evi otnBecou Kedever. 
Ecivos 66’, ov 01d’ bs Tis, GXwpevos ixer’ euov 50, 
>\ \ pe = «€ / > / 
ne Tpos holwv h éomepiwv avOporar: 

\ >< s / \ / »” 3 
Topmiy 8’ otpiver, Kal AicoeTa Eurredov elvat. 
nuels 8’, ws TO Tapos Tep, émoTpvvepmEeOa Tout. 
ovde yap ovdé Tis GAXos, Otis K’ eua Swual’ ixnTar, 
3 FHS) FS / \ / ivf n 
évO0ad’ odupdpevos Snpov pévet eivexa Troptrijs. 
GAN aye via pédawav épvocoper eis dra Siav 

/ 4 / ‘ / 
mpwrToToov, Kovpw de SUM Kal TEVTHKOVTA 
kpwac8wv Kata Sipov, boot Tdpos eiclvy dpioToL. 

/ > ie ape > \ a > \ 
Snodpevor 8’ eb waves ei KAniow épeTua 
&xBnrs avtap éreta Sony adeyuvete Saita 

‘ S n / 

Hueétepovd’ éXOovtes: éyw 8’ ev Tact Tapeto. 

a Me 4 
KovpoLoly péev TavT’ émuTéAXopar: avTap oi AAXoL 

fa) n \ \ 

oKnTTovyo. Bacirthes éua mpos Sopata Kara 

n / 
EpyerO’, Shpa Ecivov evi peydpotor piréwpev* 
pndé tis apveicOw: Karécacbe é Ociov dordor, 

/ a / e ‘A \ lal > \ 
Anpcdoxov' ro yap pa Beos wept SHxev aovdnv 
Téptrew, Ommn Ouvpos érotptvyow deidew.’ 

“Qs dpa hovncas tynoato, tol & dw eovto 
oKnTTovxo. KhpvE 5é petodyeto Ociov dao.dov. 
koupw Sé xpwOévte 80m Kal TrevtnKovta 
Byrnv, as éxédevo’, él Biv’ adds atpuyérovo. 
avtap émel p’ érl via KatnrvOov 7d5é Odraccar, 
via wev of ye pédrawav dros BévOocde epvocar, 
év 8’ iatov 7 éridevto Kal iotia vi perdaivn, 

UA an 
nptuvavto 8’ épetua tpotrois év Seppativosor, 
mwavTa Kata moipav: ava 0’ iotia NevKa TéTacCaY. 


THE ODYSSEY, VIII. 241 


been called and all were come, thus did Alkinoéds address 
them, saying: 

‘“‘ Hearken, Phaiakian captains and councillors, and let 
me tell you what the heart within me bids, This stranger 
— who he is I do not know — came hither as a wanderer 
from peoples east or west. He begs us for an escort, and 
prays that it be sure. Then let “us, even as heretofore, 
furnish an escort promptly; for never does the stranger 
who has reached my halls tarry here long distressed for 
lack of escort. Come, let us launch into the sacred sea a 
black ship, freshly fitted, and let the two and fifty youths 
be chosen from the land who have at former times been 
found the best. Then after lashing carefully the oars 
upon the pins, all disembark and straightway take a 
hasty meal, coming for this to me; I will make good 
provision for you all. These are my orders to the youths. 
But for the rest of you, you sceptre-bearing kings, come 
to my goodly palace, that there within my hall we enter- 
tain this stranger; let none refuse; and call the sacred 
bard, Demodokos, for surely God has granted him exceed- 
ing skill in song, to cheer us in whatever way his soul is 
moved to sing.” 

Saying this, he led the way, the sceptred princes fol- 
lowed, and a page went to find the sacred bard, while two 
and fifty picked young men departed, as he ordered, to the 
shore of the barren sea. So when they came down to the 
ship and to the sea, they launched the black ship into 
deep water, put mast and sail in the black ship, fitted the 
oars into the leathern slings, all in due order, and up aloft 
spread the white sail; out in the stream they anchored 


242 OAYSSEIAS 0. 


€ “ | ae gj / . Sa 4 o- ” 
inpod 8’ év votim Thy 7 bpmicav aitap érecra 
Bav p’ ipev ’Adxwvoowo Saldpovos és péya Sapa. 


55 


nN > | ER. ” / fe. is4 \ / > lal 
mrjvto 6 ap aidovoai te Kal Epxea Kai Soyo. avdpav 


[a@ypopévwv: moddoi 0’ ap écav véor Hd€ TadraLol]. 
totaw 8’ ’Adkivoos dvoKaidexa pir’ lépevoer, 
oxT® 8’ apylodovtas tas, S00 8’ eidimodas Bods: 


\ / > t oi -@ ' 9 / ae a. tA 
Tous Sépov audi O° érov, teTvKovTO Te Sait’ épaTewny. 


Kijpv& 8 éyyiOev HrAOev aywv épinpov aodor, 


Tov Tépt mova’ édirnae, didov 8’ ayabov te Kakdy Te’ 


Op0aryav pev apepoe, Sidov 8’ Hdeiav dodip, 
7® © apa Llovtovoos OfKe Opovov apyupondov 
Hécow SaiTupovev, pos Kiova paxpov épeicas, 
Kad 6’ é« Taccanrogt Kpéuacey hopywvyya ALyevav 
avtTod UTép Keparijs Kai éméppade yepolv érécOat 
an \ > > / / / / 
Khpv&* wap 8 ériev Kaveov Kadyjv te Tparelav, 
\ 6c bé 7 a e \ J / 
map o€ démas olvoio, Tieiv Ste Ovpos avw@yot. 
ot 6” én’ dvelad’ étroiwa tpoKeimeva yetpas tadrov. 
ee: > \ , \ > Vat > 4 4 
avTap émel Toatos Kal édnTtvos é& epoy évTo, 
fal > v7 9 > 50 > nN > dé / > Py lal 
b 
poovo’ dp’ aoidov avixev aevdéuevar Kréa avdpav 
» a roo» L > \ ee age 
oluns THs TOT Apa Kos ovpavoy evpry ixave, 
veixos "Odvcocyos kai IInreidew *Ayirjjos, 
as mote Snpicavto Gedy év Sati Oaretn 
éxTrayros érréccow, dvat 8’ avdpwov ’Ayapyéuvov 
a n , 
xaipe vow, 67 apioto. "Ayatav SnpiowyTo. 
&s yap ot xpelav pvOncato PoiBos Ao a@v 
ITvO0t év rryabén, 60’ wrépBn Adwov oddov 
‘ 
NpNnoomevos TOTe yap pa KUAivSeTO THATOS apy? 
Tpwoi te xal Aavaoiot Atos peyddou Sua Bovdas. 


60 


70 


75 


Tair dp’ aowdos dewde mepixdAvTOs: avTap ’Odvaceds 


moppupeov péeya papos éh@v yepot otiBapHar 


THE ODYSSEY, VIII. 248 


her, then took their way to the great house of wise Alki- 
nods. Filled were the corridors, the courts, and rooms 
with those already come; many were there, both young 
and old. In their behalf Alkinods sacrificed twelve sheep, 
eight white-toothed swine, two swing-paced oxen; these 
the men flayed and served, and made a bounteous feast. 

Meanwhile the page drew near, leading the honored 
bard. The muse had greatly loved him, and she gave him 
good and ill: she took away his eyesight, and gave de- 
lightful song. Pontonods placed for him among the feast- 
ers a silver-studded chair, backed by a lofty pillar, and 
hung the tuneful lyre upon its peg above his head, and the 
page showed him how to reach it with his hands. By him 
he set a tray and a good table, and placed thereon a cup 
of wine, to be drunk as need should bid. So on the food 
spread out before them they laid hands. Now after they 
had stayed desire for drink and food, then the muse moved 
the bard to sing men’s glorious deeds, a lay the fame of 
which even then reached the broad heavens. He sang the 
strife of Odysseus with Pelian Achilles, — how they once 
quarreled at the gods’ high feast with furious words, and 
Agamemnon, king of men, rejoiced in spirit when the 
bravest of the Achaians quarreled; for Phoibos Apollo 
had by oracle declared it so should be, at sacred Pytho, 
when Agamemnon crossed its stony threshold to ask for 
a response. Then was the day that the first tide of woe 
began to roll on Trojans and on Danaiins, according to 
the will of mighty Zeus. 

So sang the famous bard. Meanwhile Odysseus clutched 
his great purple cloak in his stout hands and drew it 





244 OAYSSEIAD 0. 


Kak Kehargrs eipvoce, Kdduipe 5€ Kaa TpdcwTa’ 
aiSero yap Painxas vm’ ddpvat Sdxpva AeiBov. 
} tot Ste AnEevev aeidwv Oeios aosdds, 

Saxpu’ duopEdpevos Keparts aro papos edecke, 
Kal Séras ayhixdTrerrov éEX@v otreicacke Oeoicw* 
aitap 67 avr adpyotto Kal otpiveray deiSew 
Painxov oi dpioto., érel téptrovt’ éméecow, 

ap ’Oduceds kata Kpata Kadvipdpevos yodacker. 
év0’ drXous pev Tavtas éddvOave Saxpva reiBor, 
"Arkivoos dé pw olos éreppdcar 7d’ évonoev 
Huevos ayy’ avtod, Bapd S€ otevdyovTos akovcev. 
aipa 5€ Daijcecor Pidnpétporor peTnvoa’ 

‘ Kéxdute, Paijxov hrynropes 4dé pédovTes* 
Hon péev Sattos KexopnucOa Ovpov éions 
hoppuyyos 8’, ) Sartl cuvynopds éote Oarein: 
vov 8’ é€€é\Owpev Kal aéOrXwv treipnOdpev 
mavtwv, ws x Oo Eeivos éviorn olor dirowow, 
olkade vootyncas, Gocov Tepuyryvoued’ arArwv 
mvé Te Tadayoctyvn Te Kal Gdwacww de TOodecow. 

“Qs dpa hwovicas nyjcato, tol 8’ dw’ érovto. 
Kad 8’ é« Taccadddt Kpéuacev hoppryya Aéyevar, 
Anpodoxov 8’ éde yeipa kal eEayev ex peydpoto 
Khpv&* hpye 5€ TO adTiy oddov Hv ep of adXot 
Painxwv ot dpiotor, aéOd\va Oavpavéovtes. 


100 


105 


Bav 8 iwev eis ayophv, dua 8’ &orero tmovAds Gutros, 


pupiot' av 8 totavto véot ToAdol Te Kal écOroi. 
> / 
@pto wev “Axpovews Te kal ’Qevados Kal ’EXatpeds 


110 


Navtevds te IIpupvets te cat “Ayylados nal ’Epetpeds 


IIovreds te IIp@pevs te, Sowv, ’AvaBnoiveds Te 
"Apdhiaros 0’, vids IIoAvvjov Texrovidao: 


THE ODYSSEY, VIII. 245 


round his head, hiding his beautiful face; for he felt 
shame before the Phaiakians as from beneath his brow he 
dropped the tears. But when the sacred bard paused in 
the song, Odysseus dried his tears, took the cloak off his 
head, and seizing his double cup poured a libation to 
the gods. Then as the other would begin again, cheered 
on to sing by the Phaiakian chiefs; —for they enjoyed the 
tale, — again would Odysseus, covering his head, break 
into sobs. And thus he hid from all the rest the tears he 
shed; only Alkinods marked him and took heed, for he 
sat near and heard his deep-drawn sighs; and to the 
Phaiakians, who delight in oars, he straightway said : 

“Hearken, Phaiakian captains and councillors! Now 
have we satisfied desire for the impartial feast, and for 
the lyre, which is the fellow of the gladsome feast. Let 
us then come away and try all kinds of games, so that the 
stranger, when he reaches home, may tell his friends how 
greatly we surpass all other men in boxing, wrestling, 
leaping, speed of foot.” 

Saying this, he led the way, the others following after. 
The page hung on its peg the tuneful lyre, then took by 
the hand Demodokos and led him from the hall, guid- 
ing his steps along the selfsame road by which the rest 
of the Phaiakian chiefs went forth to view the games. 
Thus to the assembly-place they came, a great troop 
following after, thousands in number; and many a gallant 
youth stood waiting here. Forth stood Akroneds, Oky- 
alos and Elatreus, Nauteus and Prymneus, Anchialos 
and Eretmeus, Ponteus and Proreus, Thodn, Anabasineds 
and Amphialos the son of Polynéos, son of the carpenter. 


246 OAYSSEIAS 0. 


dy 8 kal Edpdaros Bpotonroryd icos *Apni 
NavBonidns, 6s apuotos env eldds Te Séuas TE 
mavtov Painkov pet aptvpova Aaoddparta. 

av 8 éctav tpels Twaides autpovos ’Adxwvoo.0, 
Aaoddapas 0’ “Adios te kal avtiBeos KXurtovnos: 
of 5’ Tol MpA@Tov pev errerpjoavTo Todecct. 


115 


120 


“ 5’ > \ / / / ¢ 2 .@f / 
totct 8’ amo vioons TéTaTo Spopos: ot 6’ Gua TayTes 


/ b] "A / / 
KapTaniuws éréTovTO KoviovTes TEdioL0. 

a \ / eS ” ” , > / 
tav 5é Oéew dy’ apiotos env Kdutovnos aptpov: 
iA > > lal 45 A ¢ ’ 
docov T év vem ovpov TENEL HLLOVOLLY, 

y b] 

Toccov wvrexmpobéwy Aaovs ixeO’, of 8’ EdirrovTo. 

e \ 4 > n , 
of S€ Taraipoovvns areyewhs TeipycavTo* 

n > @ -9 > / ’ / 4 > / 

Th 8’ ait E’ptados arexaivuto mavtas apioTtous. 


arpate §’ “Audiaros mavtwv mpohepéotatos ijev* 


\ 5 ’ 
Sicxm 8’ ad Travtwv Todd héptatos Hev ‘EXartpevs, 


mvé 8’ ad Aaoddpas, ayabos mais ’AdKwoo.o. 
avtap ered) twavtes éréppOnoay dpév’ aéProis, 
a “a / 
tots dpa Aaoddpuas petépn mais ’AXKwoot0- 
‘ Acdre, diror, tov Ecivov ép@peba ef tw’ deOXov 
SQ / \ 4 4 \ > f > 
ol0€ Te Kal Seddnke: hunv ye pev ov Kakos éoTL, 
4 a 
penpovs Te KYjwas Te Kal dudw yeipas UrepOev 
> / \ 
avyéva Te oTiBapov péya te cOévos* ovdé Te HBnS 
dev IANA te ; : 
eveTal, a Kakoict cuvéppnKTar TroAcecoL. 
> \ > , / / 
ov yap éyw yé Ti dnt Kax@Tepov AdrO Oardoons 
bY fa) 
avdpa ye ovyyebdat, ef Kal para Kaptepos ein. 
\ age 
Tov 8 adr Evdpiados atrape(Beto dovncev te? 
/ / a a 
‘ Aaodapa, para TodTo éros KaTa poipay éer7res. 
222°% le} a 
autos viv TpoKdrecoat lov Kal médpade pidOov.’ 
oak > \ , lal 
Avrap érel TO ¥ dkovo’ ayabds mais "AdxwvodoL0, 


a e9 > / >\ ee “ / 
oT} p €s péecoov tov Kat ’Odvecna mpocéeiTre: 


135 


140 


THE ODYSSEY, VIII. 247 


Forth also stood a youth like murderous Ares, Euryalos, 
the son of Naubolos, the one most excellent in beauty and 
in stature of all Phaiakians after brave Laodamas. Forth 
stood three sons of brave Alkinoés, — Laodamas, Halios, 
and matchless Klytonéos. At first they tried each other 
in the foot-race. Straight from a mark their track was 
measured ; and all flew swiftly off together, raising the . 
dust along the plain. Best in the race was gallant Kly- 
tonéos; and by such space as at the plough the mule- 
course runs, so far he shot ahead and reached the crowd ; 
the rest were left behind. Next in the hardy wrestling- 
match they had a trial, and here Euryalos surpassed all 
champions. At leaping Amphialos was foremost of them 
all, while at the discus the leader was Elatreus. In box- 
ing it was Laodamas, the good son of Alkinods. So when 
all hearts were gladdened by the games, up spoke Lao- 
damas, son of Alkinods: 

“Come, friends, and let us ask the stranger if he has 
skill and practice in some game. In build, at all events, 
he is no common man, — in thighs and calves, in his two 
arms above, in sturdy neck and massive chest. Vigor of 
years he does not lack, only he has been broken down by 
many hardships; for nothing, I believe, is worse than sea- 
life for weakening a man, however strong he be.” 

Then answered him Euryalos, and said: ‘ Laodamas, 
what you have said is fitly spoken. Go, challenge him 
yourself, and give the message.” 

Now when the good son of Alkinoéds heard his words, 
he went and stood before them all and thus addressed 


248 OAYSSEIAS 0. 


‘ Acdp’ aye kal od, Ecive mdtep, Twelpnoar aéOrwv, 5 
el twd tov Seddnkas* Eouxe Sé o lduev aéOdovs. 

b \ \ lal / > ¢ bd >, 
ov pev yap petfov KAE0S avepos Ofpa K Eno, 
: A 4 / Be } \ tn 
n 8 te moooly te péEn Kal yepoly éfow. 
GAN’ aye Teipnoat, oxédacov 8’ amd Kndea Ovpod: 
col &’ odds ovKéte Snpov améooetat, GAA ToL Hdn 180 
ynos Te KaTelpvotat Kal érraptées eioly étaipo.’ 

Tov 5’ atrapevBopevos tpocépn trorvpntis ’Odvaceds’ 

/ a ’ 
‘ Aaoddua, Th we TadTa KedeveTE KepTopucorTes ; 
Knded pot Kal paddXov evi dpecly } mep aeOrou, 
Os mplv wey pddra TOAN Errabov Kal TOA Eudynoa, 155 
a / a 
vov O€ peO’ vpetépn ayoph vooto.w yaTifov 
y an 

Hpat, Mocouevos BaciAna te TavTa Te Shor.’ 

Tov 8 abr’ Evpvados atrapeiBeto veixecé 7 avTnv: 
‘ov yap o° ovdé, Ecive, Sanpove dot éioxw 
GOrXwv, oid Te TOAAA pet avOpwTroLcL TéXOVTAL, 160 
GANA TO Os O Awa vyl TworvKAniOr Oayifor, 
apyos vavtdwy of Te mpnKTHpes Eact, 

e 
doprov te pyvnpwv Kal éricKkotros How odalov 
> a 

Kepdéwov 0’ aprraréwv: od’ aOdXnThpi éo.xas.’ 

Tov 8’ dp’ trodpa idwov rpocédn Trodvpntis ’Odvaceds: 
‘ Eeiv’, ov Kandov evtres: atacOdar avdpi EoiKkas. 166 
CA > / G \ / Py 5 a 
oUTws ov mavTecot Deol yaplevta Ovdodow 

eR 4 
avipacw, ovte dunv ot ap hpévas ovT ayopytur. 
» elses) 
Gidros pev yap eldos aKxidvoTEepos TéAEL AVP, 
/ b] > \ , 
GAXA Oeds popdny erect otéper, of SE T €s avTov 170 
4 FA e eet , > A 

TEpTrOMEVvVOL AEVTTOVAGLY, O ) acharews ayopevel, 

> a / \ \ / b] / 
aidot pevduyin, peta S€ mpérer aypomévoicw, 
> 4 ee Be 7 \ a > , 
épxouevoy 8 ava aotu Oeov os eicopowow. 
addXos 8’ ad eidos pev arlyxios abarvaroacw, 


THE ODYSSEY, VIII. 249 


Odysseus: “ Come, good old stranger, do you also try the 
games, if you have practised any. Games you should 
know. (There is no greater glory for a man in all his life 
than what he wins with his own feet and hms) Come 
then, and try! Drive trouble from your heart! Your — 
journey hence shall not be long delayed. Even now 
the ship is launched, the sailors ready.” 

Then wise Odysseus answered him, and said: ‘ Lao- 
damas, why mock me with this challenge? Sorrow is on 
my mind far more than games; for in times past much 
have I borne and much have toiled, and now I sit in your 
assembly longing for my home, and supplicate your king 
and all this people.” | 

Then answered back Euryalos, and mocked him to his 
face: “No indeed, stranger, you do not look like one 
expert in games, much as these count with men. You 
seem like one who spends his days upon a well-benched 
ship, captain of seamen who are traders, one whose mind 
is on his cargo, watching freights and greedy gains. You 
are not like an athlete.” 

But looking sternly on him wise Odysseus said : “ Stran- 
ger, your words are rude. You seem a giddy person. we 
So true it is that not to all do the gods grant their 
favors, — stature and wisdom and the power of speech. 
For one man is in look inferior, but on his words God 
sets a crown of beauty, and men behold him and re- 
joice; with sure effect he speaks and a sweet modesty ; 
he shines where men are gathered, and as he walks about 
the town men gaze as on some god. And one again in 
look is like the immortals, but his is not the crowning 


250 OAYSSEIAS 0. 


GAN od of ydpis audurrepiotéhetar érécoow, 175 

@s Kal col eidos pev apimperrés, odéE Kev GAAOS 

ode Oeds Tevéere, voov 8’ amodw@dids éoot. 

@pwas por Oupov évi arnPecor hirovow 

cimav ov KaTa Kocpov: éyw 8° ov vis aéOXwr, 

@s ot ye wvOeiat, GAN év Tp@TOLcW olw 180 

Eupevat, dbp’ Bn te wemolWca xepol 7 eufor. 

vov § éyowat kaxornte Kal adyeot" TodAa yap ETAHD, 

avdpav Te WToAmous areyewd TE KUpwaTA TeEipwV. 

GArAa Kal Os Kaka TOAAA Tabwv Teipjoop’ aéOrwv- 

Oupodaxns yap pi0os+ éretpuvas Oé pe eitr@v. 185 
°H fa Kal aire dape avaitas NaBe SicKov 

pelCova Kal TaxeTov, oTLBapwTEepov ovK OALYOV TEP 

} oiw Painxes édioxeov addjroLoL. 

Tov pa Tepiotpéewas Ke oTiBaphs amd yeupos, 

BopBnoev Sé Bos: Kata 8’ errnéav roth yain 196 

Painxes SoruynpeTuol, vavoixdvTor avdpes, 

AGos Ud pirhs: oO 8’ UréprtatTo onpata TdavTwY 

piuda Odwv ard yeipos: EOnxe Sé réppar’ ’AOnvy 

avdpt Séuas écxvia, eros 7 épat’ éx 7 ovopates 

‘ Kai x’ ddads tot, Ecive, Suaxpiveve TO aha 195 
aphadbowy: érel ov TL pepmlypévov eotlv opiro, 
GXAA TOV TpaTov: av Sé Odpoe Tovde y deOdov: 
ov tis Dainxov Tobe y iEerat ovd’ bTepyces.’ 

“Qs dato, ynOnce Se rorvTAas Sios ’Odvaceds, 
xalpwy ovvex’ éEtaipoy évnéa devoo ev ayavi. 200 
Kat TOTe KovpoTepov peTehpovee PaijKerou 

‘ Tovtov viv adixecbe, véow- taxa 5’ taotepov dAXov 
Hoew  ToTTOUTOY GlopaLr 7 ETL paocor. 
tov 5’ dddwv Stiva Kpadin Oupos Te Kedevet, 


THE ODYSSEY, VIII. 251 


grace of words. So you, in look, are excellent, — better 
God could not fashion, — but you are weak in judgment. 
You stirred the very soul within my breast by talking so 
unmannerly. No! I am not unskilled in games, as you 
declare; I was among the best, I think, while I could 
trust my youth and these my arms. Now I am over- 
whelmed with pain and trouble; for much have I en- . 
dured, cleaving my way through wars of men and through 
the boisterous seas. Still even so, all woe-worn as I am, 
I will attempt the games, because your words were gall- 
ing; you provoked me, talking thus.” 

He spoke, and with his cloak still on sprang up and 
seized a discus larger than the rest and thick, heavier 
by not a little than those which the Phaiakians were 
using for themselves. This with a twist he sent from his 
stout hand. The stone hummed as it went; down to the 
ground crouched the Phaiakian oarsmen, notable men 
at sea, at the stone’s cast. Past all the marks it flew, fast 
speeding from his hand. Athene marked the distances, 
assuming human form, and thus she spoke and cried 
aloud : 

“ A blind man, stranger, could pick you out that mark 
by feeling merely, because it is not huddled with the mass, 
but lies ahead of all. Have a good heart, this bout at 
least ; for no Phaiakian will reach that or overpass it.” 

She spoke, and glad was royal long-tried Odysseus, 
pleased that he saw a true friend in the ring. And now 

. lighter heart he called to the Phaiakians : 

“Come up to that, young men! Soon I will send 

another as far, I think, or farther yet. And if there 


252 OAYSSEIAS 0. 


Sedp’ dye weipnOnta, émel pw éxodwoaTte Ainv, 205 
A \ >\ / x \ \ ” / 
H WvE He TWadAyn Kal Tod, OV TL pEyalpa, 

4 / / > > a / 
mavrov Paijcov wAnY y avTodD AaodapartTos. 

a / eo? 9» / / x / / 

Ecivos yap pot 60° éotl: tis av pidéovTt paxotTo ; 

” \ Oo \ > \ / Ae s 
adpwv 8) Kelvds ye Kal odTiavos médet avnp, 

‘ ! 

ds tis EewvodoKm Epida mpodépntar adOrwv 210 
Onpw ev adrrdobaT@: Eo 8 avTov TavTa KoNoveEL. 

Tov 8 addrov od Tép Ti dvaivowar odd’ abepifa, 

GXN eOérw iBuev cab meipnOjuevar avrnv. 

/ \ > / > 1 steer / 4 BA 
TdvTa yap ov KaKos ciut, eT avOpdow docot aeOdot. 
ed pev tokov olda évEoov audhapdacbar: 216 

na Ls 
TpaTtos K avdpa Baro dvotevoas ev opi 
avipav Svopevéwv, ei Kal dda TodXol Eraipor 
dyyt mapactaiey Kal rokafoiato pwtav. 

J / / > / / 

olos 67 we DiroxrHtns atrexaivuto Toép 

Syum é Tpdwv, bre toEafoiped’ ’Ayavoi. 220 
trav § ddXwv eué dnus Tord mpodepéctepor elvat, 

iA a / > y ee | a ” 

dccot viv Bpotol ciow él ~Oovi citov édovTes. 

> / \ / > / > > / 

avipao. Sé mpotépoicw epiléuev ode €Oedjoo, 

ov” “Hpaxrju ov’ Evpit@ Oixyarunu, 

of pa Kat aBavato.ow épifecxov trepi Tokmv. « 225 

a / Ud ? a 
TO pa Kal any Cavey wéyas Evpvtos, ovd éml yheas 
ixer’ evil peyapouot’ Yodkwodpevos yap ’AmroAN@v 
éxtavev, ovvexad piv mpoxarivero TtoEavecOat. 

Soup) 8’ axovtifa dcov ovK GAXOS TIS DITTO. 
olovcw Seldorxa Toclv pH Tus pe TapéehOy 234 
Painxwov: inv yap aevkeriws eSapacOnv 
Kipacw év TodXois, eel ov Koptdoyn KaTa Va 
hev émnetavos: TO por pita yvia hédAvyTaL.’ 
« 
Qs épab’, of 8’ dpa mavtes akiy eyévovtTo ciw7T}* 


THE ODYSSEY, VIII. 253 


is one among you all whose heart and spirit bids, come, 
let him try me— for you vexed me very sore — in boxing, 
wrestling, or the foot-race even ; it matters not to me ; let 
any of you Phaiakians try me, save Laodamas alone. He 
is my host, and who would quarrel with his entertainer ? 
Witless the man must be, and altogether worthless, who 
challenges his host to strife in games, when in a foreign 
land; he hinders his own welfare. None of the rest I 
either dread or scorn, but I will gladly know you all and 
prove you face to face. Not at all weak am I, whatever 
games men practise. I understand full well handling the 
polished bow, and I should be the first to strike my man 
by sending an arrow in the throng of foes, however many 
comrades stood around and shot at their men too. None 
except Philoktetes. excelled me with the bow at Troy, 
when we Achaians tried the bow. All others I declare I 
far surpass, all that are living now and eating bread on 
earth. The men of former days I will not seek to rival — 
Herakles, and Eurytos of Oichalia, —for these would 
rival with the bow immortals even. Wherefore great 
Eurytos died all too soon; to him came no old age at 
home, because Apollo in his anger slew him; for Eurytos 
had challenged him to try the bow. The spear I send 
farther than other man can shoot an arrow. Only I fear 
that in the foot-race some Phaiakian may outstrip me; 
for rudely battered have I been on many waters, because 
on shipboard I had no provision for my needs for a long 
space of time; therefore my joints are weakened.” 

So he spoke, and all were hushed to silence; only Al- 

18 


254 | OAYS3EIAS 0. 


s ’ 
"Anrxivoos Sé pw olos apwerBopuevos tpocéestre. 235 
‘ =) a> > \ > > 4 eo ie. a Mey | / 
ely’, émrel ovK aydpiota pe” Hyiv TadT’ ayopevers, 
\ n 
GXN éOéreus apeTnv onv phawépev, H Tor O7ndel, 
xaopevos Sts a ovTOS avnp év ayavi TapacTas 
\ 
velkecev, @S av anv apeTnv BpoTtos ov Tis dvolTO 
bs Tus ériataiTo Hot ppeolv aptia Bate = 
GAN aye viv éuéOev Evvier Eros, Sppa Kal ddAd@ 
elrns Np@wv, OTe Kev Gols ev peydpolct 
Sawtyn wapa of T adoyp Kal coict Téxecow, 
HueTéepns apeThs pmeuvnpévos, ola Kal piv 
Zevs émt Epya tiOnor Svaptepés e&éTe Tatpav. 245 
> \ / > \ > 7 > \ 
ov yap muyuayor elwev duvpoves ovdé TadaicTal, 
> \ \ n / \ \ + 
ava Tool KpaiT@vas Oéopev Kal vnvoiv apioTot, 
aiel 8’ ipiv Salts te hirn KiOapis te yopol Te 
eiuata Tt é&nwouBa Noetpa Te Oepua Kal evdvai. 
GAN aye, Painxov Bntdppoves doco. apiorot, 250 
maisate, ws x O Eeivos éviorn olor dpirovow, 
olxade vooTncas, Oaocov Tepiyvyvoped’ dddav 
, \ \ Sa tal \ by al 
vauTirin Kal jwoool Kal dpynoTut Kal aovdy. 
/ s \ 4 / 
Anpoddox S€ Tis ainya Kiwv hopptyya Néyevay 
>] / 4 ”“ > e / ld > 
oicéTw, %) Tov KetTaL ev Hyetéporot Sopotory. 255 
€ / an 
‘Ns dar’ ’Adtivoos Ocoeixedos, @pto Sé Kihpv& 
/ an 
olowy hoppiyya yAapupiy Sopov éx Bacidjos. 
aicupvntar 8 Kpitol évvéa mavtes avéotav 
SHsot, of Kat ayavas év TpnocecKov Exacta, 
Neinvav S€ yopov, Kadrov 8’ evpuvay ayova. 260 
a / 
Kipv& 5° éyyiOev HrAOe hépwv Popyiyya Aiyevav 
, id » ae / "tae / - > \ \ A 
Anpodoxm: o 8’ éreta Ki’ és pécov: audi bé Kodpot 
n ~/ / > a 
mpwbnBar icravto, Sanpoves opxnOpoio, 
mémrnyov S& xopov Ociov tmociv. avtap ’Odvaceds 


THE ODYSSEY, VIII. 255 


kinods answering said: ‘“ Stranger, without discourtesy to 
us is all you say; you merely seek to show the prowess 
that is yours, indignant that the man beside you in the . 
- ring insulted you, as surely no man living would dispraise 
your prowess who knew within his heart what it was fit to 
say. ‘But hearken now to these my words, that you too 
may have tales to tell to other heroes when, feasting in * 
your hall with wife and children, you recollect our prowess 
and the feats Zeus has vouchsafed us from our fathers’ 
days till now. We are not faultless boxers, — no, nor 
wrestlers; but in the foot-race we run swiftly, and in our 
ships excel. Dear to us ever is the feast, the lyre, the 
dance, changes of clothes, warm baths, and bed. Come 
then, Phaiakian dancers, let the best among you make us 
sport, that so the stranger may relate to all his friends on 
going home how we surpass all men beside in sailing, run- 
ning, in the dance and song. Go, one of you, forthwith, 
and fetch Demodokos the tuneful lyre that lies within our 
hall.” 

So spoke godlike Alkinods, and a page sprang to fetch 
from the king’s house the hollow lyre. Then the appointed 
umpires, nine in all, arose, whose public work it was to 
order all things at the ring; they smoothed the dancing- 
ground and cleared a fair wide ring. Meanwhile the 
page drew near and brought Demodokos his tuneful lyre, 
who thereupon stepped to the centre, and round him stood 
young men in the first bloom of years, skilful at dancing. 
They struck the splendid dance-ground with their feet ; 
Odysseus watched their twinkling feet, and was aston- 
ished. : 


256 OAYSSEIAS 0. 


pappapuyas Oneito Today, Oavpale Sé Supe. 

Aitap 6 dopuifwv aveBddrdreTo Kadov aeidey 
dud’ “Apeos pidorytos évatepdvou tT ’Adpodirys, 
@s Ta TpaTa plynoav év ‘Hdaiotoio Sopoice 


AdOpn: Tord 8’ exe, Néyos 8’ Hoyuve Kal edvip 


‘Hdaictowo dvaxtos: apap é of ayyedos HAOEv 
“Hnrwos, 6 of evonoe puiryalopévous hidornte. 
"“Hdaictos 8 ws ody Ouparyéa pvOov axouce, 


BH p iwev és yadrkedva, Kaka ppeot Bvacodopevor, 
> er ae >] > / / A / \ A 
év 8° er axpobéT@ péyav axpova, KoTrTe Sé Secpovs 


appyKtous advtous, Opp’ Eumredov avs pévorev. 
avtap émel 52 red&e SddOv KeYoAwpéevos “Apel, 
BH p’ iwev és Odrapov, 601 of hira Séuvi Exevto, 
apd & ap’ éppiow xée Séopata KiKAM aTrayTH’ 
TorAra 5é Kal Kabdrrepfe perabpodw ée£exéyurTo, 
2/7 9 > / \ U > EA / WY: 1d 
HoT apaxyvia NeTTTA, TA Y OV KE TIS OSE iSaLTO, 
29O\ n 4, \ \ , / 
ovdé Gedy paxdpwv: Tepi yap SoddevTa TéTUKTO. 
> \  ] \ \ / , \ / fa 
avTap émel 5) mavta Sodov Trepi déuvia yevev 
¥ + IS > n > U / 
eloat ipev és Atvov, évetipevoy mroricOpor, 
ge oe s \ , ” c t 
4 of yatdwy Tworw dirtatn eoKev atracéwv. 
2a? 3 \ > / ” 
ovd’ addaocxoTuny eiye ypvonvios "Apns, 
as dev “Hdaiotov xdrvtotéxvny voodt KiovTa’ 
BA 8’ iwevar mpos Sdpua tepixrvtod ‘Hdaicrouo, 
icxavowy girotntos évatepavov KuOepeins. 
¢€ \ / \ > / U 
% Sé véov Tapa tarpos épicOevéos Kpoviwvos 
épxonévn Kat’ ap ee0’+ o 8’ eicw Swpatos Hel, 
4 , *@ e a » ee te > = | ES MO 
év T apa ot pv yeupl eros T Edpat’ Ex 7 dvopates 
‘ Acdpo, dirn, AéxTpovde Tparreiouev evvnbévTe* 
od yap €0’” Hdaictos petadypios, adra mov Hon 
” 5 A \ t a , ? 
olyetar és Aijpvov peta Sivtias aypwdawvovs. 


270 


275 


Qe 


THE ODYSSEY, VIII. 257 


And now the bard, touching his lyre, began a beautiful 
song about the loves of Ares and crowned Aphrodité: how 
at the first they lay together in the palace of Hephaistos, 
privily ; and many a gift he gave, and wronged the bed of 
Lord Hephaistos. Soon to Hephaistos came the tell-tale 
Sun, who had observed their meeting. And when He- 
phaistos heard the galling tale, he hastened to his smithy © 
meditating evil in his heart, there set upon its block the 
mighty anvil and forged him fetters none might break 
or loose, —fetters to hold securely. So when he had - 
wrought the crafty snare in anger against Ares, hastening 
to the chamber where his own dear bed was set, around its 
posts on every side he dropped his toils, and many too 
hung drooping from the rafter, like delicate spider-webs 
which nobody could see, not even the blessed gods, so 
shrewdly were they fashioned. Then after he had spread 
the snare all round the bed, he made a show of going off 
to Lemnos, to that stately hold which in his sight is far 
the dearest of all spots on earth. Now Ares of the golden 
rein had kept no careless watch, and so espied craftsman 
Hephaistos setting forth. He hastened to the house of 
famed Hephaistos, keen for the love of fair - crowned 
Kythereia. She now, just come from visiting her sire, the 
powerful son of Kronos, was sitting down. He came 
within the door, and grasping her by the hand he spoke 
and thus addressed her : 

“ Come, sweet, to bed, and let us take our pleasure ; for 
Hephaistos is no longer here at home, but gone at last 
to Lemnos, to the harsh-tongued Sintians.” 


258 OAYSSEIAS 0. 


“Ns hato, rh 8 aoracrov éeicato KoipnOhvat. 
tm §’ és d€uvia Bavte xatédpabov- apydi Sé Seopol 
Teyvynevtes éxuvto morAvppovos “‘Hdaicrovo, 
ovdé TL KIVHoAaL pEeA€wv Fv ovd’ avacipar. 

\ / \ / w?_3 > / \ I 
Kal ToTe 62 ylyvwoKov, OT ovKéeTL huKTa TrédoOVTO. 
ayyiporov 5é of’ AOE TepiKdAvTOS aupuyuyers, 

i e / \ / a 2h 
avTis vTootpéyas, mpiv Anuvov yaiay txécOac- 
> A / ¢ \ 4 s / al 
Héduos yap of oKxorinv éyev eimé te piOor. 

a > » ‘ a f / 9 
[BH 8° iwevat mpos Sama, hirov Terinuéevos HTop*| 
4 ’ > Ul / 4 ” cf 
géotn 5° év mpoOvpouct, yoros Sé pu ayplos pec: 

/ 9-2 Ud / / a) a 
opepdaréov 8 éBonoe, yéywve Te Tact Oeoicr: 

‘Zed watep nd’ ddrou pdxapes Deol aicv édvTes, 
Sev0’, iva Epya yedXaoTa Kal ovK érieikta idnobe, 
@s é€ue yworor eovta Aids Ovyarnp ’Adpodirn 
aidv atipater, piréer 8’ aidnrov “Apna, 
otvey’ 0 pev Kados TE Kal apTimos, aiTap éyo ye 
> \ / > \ ” ” lA 
nmredavos yevounv: aTap ov TL pot altos GAXos, 
GXrAa ToKhe SUH, TO pH yelvacOat Ghedrov. 

GrAN decd’, va Tw ye KabeddeTov ev hidoTnTt, 

> ? \ / / > \ >’ ec / > / 
eis éua Séuvia Bavtes* éy@ 8’ opowv axaynpat. 

> / + 4 / / / iA 
ov péev odheas er Eortra pivuvOa ye Kevéuev obTO, 
kal para ep piréovte’ Tay’ ovK eOedajoeTov audw 
evoew' adr\a ohwe Soros Kal Secpos épvéer, 

sey , \ > pata oe 
els 6 KE por pda TavTa TaTHp aTodwce Eedva, 
ba Me oP / , vA tA 
daca ol éyyuddiéa Kuv@TLoos elveKa KOvpNS, 

rod , c \ / > \ > b] / b] 
oUveKka of Kad) Ouydtnp, atap ovK éxéOupos. 


295 


810 


320 


“Qs bab’, ot 8’ ayépovto Oeol motl yarKoBares S@* 


MrOe Ilocevdawv yaunoyxos, HAO’ éprovvns 
‘Eppelias, HOev 8 dvak Exdepyos ’AmodXwv. 
Onrvrepar é Ocal pévov aidot oiKxou Exadorn. 


THE ODYSSEY, VIII. 259 


He spoke, and pleasant it seemed to her to lie beside 
him. So the pair went and lay them down in bed, and 
all about them dropped the toils fashioned by shrewd He- 
phaistos; it was not in their power to move or raise a 
limb. This saw they only then when there was no escape. 
But on them came the famous strong-armed god, who had 
turned back before he reached the land of Lemnos ; for 
in his stead the Sun kept watch and told him all. He 
hastened to the house, though with a heavy heart, stood 
at the gate, wild rage upon him, and raised a fearful cry, 
calling to all the gods: 

“OQ Father Zeus and all you other blessed gods that 
live forever, come see a sight for laughter, deeds not to 
be endured! For I being lame, this Aphrodité, daughter 
of Zeus, ever dishonors me and gives her love to murder- 
ous Ares, since he is handsome and is sound of limb, while 
I was born a cripple. Yet nobody is to blame for that but 
my two parents, — would they had never given me birth! 
But you shall see where lie the loving pair who stole into 
my bed. I smart to see them! And yet I think they 
will not lie much longer thus, however great their love. 
Shortly they will not wish to sleep together ; but still my 
snare and mesh shall hold them till her father pays me 
back the many wedding gifts I gave to get the shameless 
girl, — seeing his child was fair, though not true-hearted.” 

He spoke, and the gods gathered at the brazen thresh- 
old of his house. Poseidon came, who girds the land, 
the fortune-bringer Hermes came, and the far-working 
king Apollo. The goddesses for shame all stayed at 


260 OAYSSEIAS 0. 


éotav 8’ év mpoOvpotcr Beol, Swipes Edwv* 
daBeotos 8 ap’ év@pto yédws pakdpecot Ocoict 
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etdew ev AéKTpOLTL Tapa ypvaén ’Adpoditn ;’ 

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ei kev “Apns olxotto ypéos nat Seopov ddrvéas ;’ 

Tov 8 adte mpockevre ToceSdwv évocixbwvr: 


THE ODYSSEY, VIII. 261 


home. So at the portal stood the gods, the givers of good 
things, and laughter irrepressible broke from the blessed 
gods as they beheld the arts of shrewd Hephaistos; and 
glancing at his neighbor one would say: “ Wrong-doing 
brings no gain. Slow catches swift; as here Hephaistos, 
who is slow, caught Ares, who is swiftest of the gods that 
hold Olympos, — catching him” by his craft, though lame ~ 
himself. Now Ares owes the adulterer’s fine.” 

So ran their talk with one another. And now to 
Hermes spoke the king, the son of Zeus, Apollo: “O 
Hermes, son of Zeus, guide, giver of good things, would 
you not like, though loaded down with heavy bonds, to lie 
in bed by golden Aphrodité ?” 

Then answered him the guide, the Speedy - comer: 
“Would it might be, far-shooting king Apollo, though 
thrice as many bonds, bonds numberless, should hem me 
in, and all you gods and goddesses should come and see, 
would I might lie by golden Aphrodité ! ” 

He spoke, and laughter rose amongst the immortal gods. 
But Poseidon did not laugh; he earnestly entreated He- 
phaistos, the great craftsman, to give to Ares freedom. 
And speaking to him in winged words he said: “ Free 
him, and I engage, as you demand, that he shall pay all 
that is just before the immortal gods.” 

Then said to him the famous strong-armed god: “ Posei- 
don, girder of the land, ask not for this. From triflers, 
even pledges in the hand are trifles. How could I hold 
you bound before the immortal gods, if Ares should evade 
both debt and bond and flee ?” 

Then said to him the earth-shaking Poseidon: “ He- 


262 OAYSSEIAS 0. 


a 4 

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THE ODYSSEY, VIII. 263 


phaistos, even if Ares does evade the debt and flee, still I 
myself will pay.” 

Then answered him the famous strong-armed god: “I 
cannot and I must not say you nay.” 

Saying this, mighty Hephaistos raised the net, and the 
pair once set free from out the net, so very strong, sprang 
up forthwith. He went to Thrace; but she, the laugh- 
ter-loving Aphrodité, came to Cyprus, into the town of 
Paphos, where is her grove and fragrant shrine. There 
did the Graces bathe her and anoint her with imperisha- 
ble oil, such as bedews the gods that live forever, and 
they arrayed her in a dainty robe, a marvel to behold. 

So sang the famous bard. Odysseus joyed in heart 
to hear, as did the others also, the Phaiakian oarsmen, 
notable men at sea. 

And now Alkinoés called on Halios and Laodamas to 
dance alone, for with them none could vie. So taking in 
their hands a goodly ball of purple hue, which skilful 
Polybos had made them, one, bending backward, flung it 
toward the shadowy clouds; the other, leaping upward 
from the earth, easily caught the ball before his feet had 
touched the ground again. Then after they had tried 
the ball straight in the air, they danced upon the boun- 
teous earth with tossings to and fro. Other young men 
beat time for them, standing around the ring, and a loud 
sound of stamping rose. Then to Alkinods said royal 
Odysseus : 

“ Mighty Alkinods, renowned of all, you boasted that 
your dancers were bey best, and here it is proved true. I 
am amazed to see.’ 


264 OAYSSEIAS 0. 


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“Kat ov, hiros, para yaipe, Geol Sé Tor drBva Soiev, 


THE ODYSSEY, VIII. 265 


So he spoke. Revered Alkinoés was glad, and to the 
Phaiakians, who delight in oars, he straightway said: 
“ Hearken, Phaiakian captains and councillors! This 
stranger truly seems a man of understanding. Come 
then, and let us give such guest-gift as is meet ; for twelve 
high kings bear sway throughout the land and are its 
rulers, and a thirteenth am I. * Let every man among 
you bring a spotless robe and tunic and a talent of 
precious gold. And let us speedily fetch all together, so 
that the stranger, having these in hand, may come to 
supper glad at heart. Let too Euryalos give satisfac- 
tion to the man, by word and gift, for his speech was un- 
becoming.” ; 

So he spoke; the others all approved and gave their 
orders, and for the bringing of the gifts they sent their 
several pages. But Euryalos made answer to the king 
and said: “ Mighty Alkinoés, renowned of all, I will in- 
deed give satisfaction to the stranger, as you bid; for 
I will give this brazen blade. Its hilt is silver, and a 
sheath of fresh-cut ivory encircles it. Of great worth 
he will find it.” 

Saying this, he put into Odysseus’ hands the silver- 
studded sword, and speaking to him in winged words he 
said: “ Hail, good old stranger! If any word was ut- 
tered that was harsh, straight let the sweeping winds bear 
it away. But the gods grant that you may see your wife 
and reach your land; for, long cut off from friends, you 
have been meeting hardship.” 

Then wise Odysseus answered him and said: ‘* You too, 


my friend, all hail. May the gods grant you fortune, and 


266 OAYSSEIAS 0. 


pndé ti toe Eiheos ye moO) peromice yévorro 

TouTou, 0 67 pou d@Kas, apecodpevos éTécoow. 
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dvceTO T HédLOS, Kal TO KAUVTA SHpa Tapiev' 

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‘ A’tos viv ide mapa, Bods 8’ emi Seapov inror, 


425 


THE ODYSSEY, VIII. 267 


may you not hereafter miss the sword which you now 
give, making amends besides in what you say.” 

He spoke, and round his shoulders slung the silver- 
studded sword. And now the sun went down, and the 
noble gifts were there; stately pages bore them to the 
palace of Alkinods, where the sons of good Alkinods, re- 
ceiving them, laid the fair gifts before their honored 
mother. For the rest revered Alkinojs led the way, and 
entering the house they sat them down on the high seats. 
Then to Arété spoke revered Alkinods : 

“ Bring hither, wife, a serviceable chest, the best you 
have, and lay therein a spotless robe am +unic. Then 
heat upon the fire a caldron for the stranger and warm 
some water, that, having bathed and seen all the gifts put 
safely away which the honored Phaiakians brought him 
hither, he may enjoy the feast and hear the singer’s song. 
I too will give to him my goodly golden chalice, that as 
he pours libations at his hall to Zeus and to the other 
gods he may be mindful all his days of me.” 

He spoke, and Arété told the maids to set a great 
kettle on the fire as quickly as they could. They set the 
kettle that supplied the bath upon the blazing fire, they 
poured in water, put the wood beneath, and lighted. 
Around the belly of the kettle crept the flame, and so 
the water warmed. Then Arété brought the stranger a 
serviceable chest from out the chamber, she put therein 
the beautiful gifts, — the clothing and the gold which the 
Phaiakians gave him, — and she herself put in a robe and 
goodly tunic, and speaking to him in winged words she said : 

“Look to the lid yourself and quickly tie its cord, lest 


268 OAYSSEIAS 0. 


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THE ODYSSEY, VIII. 269 
2 
some one rob you on the way, when by and by, sailing on 
the black ship, you rest in pleasant sleep.” 

When royal long-tried Odysseus heard these words, 
straightway he fitted on the lid, and quickly tied the cun- 
ning knot which potent Circe once had taught him. 
Thereafter the housewife called him to come to the bath 
and bathe ; and he was glad at heart to see the steaming 
water, for he had not been accustomed to meet such care 
as this since he had left fair-haired Kalypso’s home; but 
there he had as constant care as if he were a god. Now 
when the maids had bathed him, and anointed him with 
oil, and put upon him a goodly cloak and tunic, forth 
from the bath he came and went to join the drinkers ; 
and Nausikaa, with a beauty given of the gods, stood by 
a column of the strong-built roof, and marveled at Odys- 
seus as she cast on him her eyes, and speaking to him in 
winged words she said : 

“Farewell, stranger! When you are once again in 
your own land, remember me, and how before all others 
it is to me you owe the saving of your life.” 

Then wise Odysseus answered her and said: “ Nausi- 
kai, daughter of high-souled Alkinods, Zeus grant it so— 
he the high thunderer, husband of Heré —that I reach 
home and see my day of coming. Then would I there 
too, as to any god, give thanks to you forever, all my 
days; for, maiden, it was you who gave me life.” 

He spoke, and took his seat by king Alkinojs. Men 
were already serving food and mixing wine. The page 
drew near, leading the honored bard, Demodokos, high 


prized of all, and placed him amongst the feasters, 
19 


270 OAYSSEIAS 0. 


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THE ODYSSEY, VIII. 271 


backed by a lofty pillar. Then to the page said wise 
Odysseus, cutting a slice of chine, whereof still more was 
left, from out a white-toothed boar, the rich fat on its 
sides: ‘“ Page, set before Demodokos this piece of meat, 
that he may eat and I may do him homage, sad though 
I be myself; for at the hands of all on earth bards meet 
respect and honor, because the muse has taught them song 
and loves the race of bards.” 

He spoke, and the page bore the food and put it in the 
hands of lord Demodokos. He took it and was glad at 
heart, and on the food spread out before them they laid 
hands. But after they had stayed desire for drink and 
food, then to Demodokos said wise Odysseus: ‘“ Demo- 
dokos, I praise you beyond all mortal men, whether your 
teacher was the muse, the child of Zeus, or was Apollo. 
With perfect truth you sing the lot of the Achaians, all 
that they did and bore, the whole Achaian struggle, as if 
yourself were there, or you had heard the tale from one 
who was. Pass on then now, and sing the building of 
the wooden horse, made by Epeios with Athene’s aid, 
which royal Odysseus once conveyed into the citadel, — 
a thing of craft, filled full of men, who by its means 
sacked Ilios. And if you now can tell this tale in its due 
order, I shall forthwith declare to all mankind how boun- 
teously God gave to you a wondrous power of song.” 

So he spoke. Thereat the other, stirred by the god, 
began and showed his skill in song: beginning where 
some Argives boarding the well-benched ships were set- 
ting sail and spreading fire throughout their camp ; while 
others still, under renowned Odysseus, lay in the Trojan 


272 OAYSSEIAS 0. 


elar’ évi Tpdwv ayoph Kexadvppévor ime’ 
avtol yap ww Tpaes és axpotroduv éptcarTo. 
A e \ e ld \ > EM i > > / 
@s 0 pwev éEotyKel, Tol 8’ axpita TOA aydpevov 
\ 

jucvor aud avtov: tpixa Sé odiow hvdave Bovry, 
née SuaTrAHEaL Kotdov Sopu vynrke yarxa, 
E \ / / + gee 3 2: i! ae 
i) Kata TeTpadwv Badéew épicavtas én axpns, 
le: I-84 | aa a / 8 
) éaav peéy ayarpa Oedv OedrxTHpiov eivat, 

an \ me / 4 
TH wep 01 Kal Emerita TeXevTHTECOaL Ewedrev* 
aica yap hw amorécOa, ériy todus audicariyn 
Sovpateov péyav tmov, 60’ elato wavtes apictos 
"Apyeiov Tpwecor povov kab Kijpa hépovtes. 
jedev 8’ @s dotu Svérpabov vies “Ayaiav 
e u bl] 4 / > ld 
inmolev éxyvpevot, Kothov Adyov éxmpoduTovTes. 
adrov 5° GArAn dewde Tord KEepaiféwev aim, 
avtap ‘Osvocia tpotl SHpyata AnidboBo.o 
Bipevar, nvt “Apna, ov avtiOéw Meveraw. 

lad \ ee ‘ / / 
KeiO. 5) aivotatov ToAewov dato ToAuncavTa 
viknoat Kai érerta Oia peydOupov ’AOnvnv. 


510 


515 


520 


Tair’ ap’ aodos devde TmepixdvTos: avdtap ’Odvaceds 


TyKeTO, Saxpu 8’ edevey UO Brchapoics Tapecas. 
ws 5€ yuvn Krainot pirov Tocw aydurecoica, 
ds Te és mpocBev Todos NadY TE TéecHoW, 
dotei Kal Texéeoow auivev vnrees Hyap: 

9 pev Tov OvncKovta Kal aoraipovta idovca 
ap avTe yuuevn Alya Koxver: of dé T° OricOeE 
KomTovtes Sovperou peTrappevoy nde Kal w@pous 
elpepov elcavayovot, Tévov 7 éxéuev Kal ouvbiv: 
Tis 8’ eheeworat@ ayei POwiOover Tapevai: 

as ‘Oduceds éreewov tr’ oppiar Saxpvoy ciBev. 
év@’ adrXouvs péev Tavtas éddvOave Saxpva reiBor, 


THE ODYSSEY, VIII. 273 


market-place, all hidden in the horse; for the Trojans 
themselves had dragged this to their citadel. So there it 
stood, and long and uncertainly the people argued, seated 
around it. Three plans were finding favor: either to split 
the hollow trunk with ruthless axe; or else to drag it to 
the heights and hurl it down the rocks; or still to spare 
the monstrous image, as a propitiation for the gods. And 
thus at last it was to end. It was their fate to perish so 
soon as their city should inclose the enormous wooden 
horse, wherein lay all the bravest of the Argives, bearing 
to the Trojans death and doom. He sang how they o’er- 
threw the town,—these sons of the Achaians, issuing 
from the horse, leaving their hollow ambush. Each for 
himself, he sang, pillaged the stately city ; but Odysseus 
went like Ares to the palace of Deiphobos with god- 
like Menelaos; and there, he said, braving the fiercest 
fight, Odysseus conquered at the last through aid of fierce 
Athene. 

So sang the famous bard. Odysseus melted into tears, 
which wet his cheeks below his eyelids. And as a woman 
wails and clings to her dear husband, who falls for town © 
and people, seeking to shield his home and children from 
the ruthless day; she watches him dying, gasping, and 
flings herself on him with a piercing cry, while men be- 
hind, smiting her with their spears on back and shoulder, 
force her along to bondage to meet with toil and trouble ; 
with pain most pitiful her cheeks are thin ; so pitiful was 
the tear Odysseus dropped beneath his brows. Yet did 
he hide from all the rest the tears he shed; only Alkinodés 


274 OAYSSEIAS 0. 


> > *Q>? a. W. 
’"Arxivoos dé pw olos érreppacat 7d’ évoncer, 
a / »” 
tyevos ayx’ avtod, Bapvd Sé ctevayovTos aKoucev. 
UZ 
aia 5é Painxecor firypétporcr pernvda* 
b] / 
‘ Kéxdute, Daincwv ayntopes nde pédovtes, 
, 4 f / 
Anpodoxos 8’ dn cxeéTw hoppryya Aiyevay: 
, "4S Ee Ry 
ov yap Tas TavTecot yapilopevos TAd’ delet. 
Cal > \ 
€& ob Soptréopév te Kai wpope Oeios. ao.dos, 
bd a ? EA 4 2.22 a / 
éx Tod 8 ov mw TravaaT orlupoio yooLo 
a x / > / 
0 Eeivos' pada tov pw ayos ppévas ayhiBERyxev. 
lal , / 
GXN’ ary 6 pev oxebéTo, WW’ ouas TepT@pela mavTes 
t ad / ef 
Eevvodoxor Kal Eetvos, érrel mow KadAOV OUTwS’ 
/ 
eiveca yap Eeivoto Tad’ aldoloto TéTuKTAaL, 
a / 
TouT Kal dita Sapa, Ta of Sidopev hidéovTes. 
a e 
avTt Kacvyvytou Eeivos @’ ixérns Te TéTUKTAL 
a7 2» ny / > , / ae 
avépl, 05 7 OAlyov Tep érupaty tpaTridecct. 
a a \ \ a / , 

T@ viv undé od Ked0e vonpace Kepdaréorow 
drt. Ké o elpwpat: pddcOar dé ce KadrALOv eoTW. 
y > + ee a / / / 
elm Ovo’ OTTL oe KEiOL KdrEOV pTHP Te TaTIp Te, 
ado @ of Kata dotu Kal of Tepwaverdovow. 
ov ev yap TIS TauTay avoOvupes ect’ avOpwTror, 
> \ > \ \ > \ > \ \ (al / 
ov KaKkos ovdé pev écOdos, ernvy Ta TPaTA yévnTat, 
> ’ > \ a] / b] / / an 
GXX él mao TiMevTat, érel KE TéKwOL, TOKIES. 
> \ , a? \ an / U 
eimé 5€ or yatdv Te Tenv Shwov Te ToAW Te, 
dppa ce TH TéuTwot TiTVaKOpevat Ppecl Vijes. 
ov yap Paijxecot xuBepyynthpes éacw, 
ovoé TL mda’ éotl, Ta 7 AdraL ves Eyovcw: 
> ? ? \ » / \ , 2 a 
aX avtai icact vojpata Kal dpévas avdpar, 
kal Tavtwv icact wodas Kal Tiovas aypovs 
avOparwv, Kal Natta Tayicd’ dros éxrrepowow 

/ 
népt Kat vehédyn Kexaduppévar* ovdé roté oduv 


THE ODYSSEY, VIII. 275 


marked him and took heed, for he sat near and heard his 
deep-drawn sighs; and to the Phaiakians, who delight in 
oars, he straightway said : 

“ Hearken, Phaiakian captains and councillors, and let 
Demodokos hush now the tuneful lyre, because not to the 
pleasure of us all he sings of this; for since we supped 
and since the sacred bard began, this stranger has not - 
ceased from bitter sighing. Surely some grief hovers 
about his heart. Let then the bard cease singing, that 
all alike be merry, stranger and entertainers, for that is 
better far; since for the worthy stranger’s sake have all 
things been prepared, the outfit and the friendly gifts, 
which we grant heartily. Even as a brother is the 
stranger and the suppliant treated by any man who feels 
the slightest touch of wisdom. 

“Do not, then, longer cautiously conceal what I will 
ask; plain speech is better. Tell me the name by which at 
home your father and mother called you, — they and the 
other folk, your townsmen and your neighbors; for none 
of all mankind can lack a name, be he of low degree or 
high, when once he has been born. Nay, in the very hour 
of birth parents give names to all. And tell me of your 
land, your home, and city, that thither our ships may bear 
you with a discerning aim; for on Phaiakian ships there 
are no pilots, nor are there rudders such as other vessels 
carry, but the ships understand themselves the will and 
mind of man. They know the cities and rich lands of 
every people, and swiftly they cross the sea-gulf, shrouded 
in mist and cloud. Once upon them, there is no fear of 


276 OAYSSEIAS 0. 


ovTe Te TnwavOnvar Em. Séos ovT atrorécOat. 
GNA TOS’ Ws ToTE TaTpos éywv eltrovTOs akoVcA 
/ 
NavowOoov, ds épacke ITocedawv’ ayacacbat 
nuiv, ovvexa Toprol amnpoves eiwev arrdvTov. 
n / n fel 
dy tote Paijxwov avdpav evepyéa vija 
éx Toumhs avidcay év nepoedés TovT@ 
€ / / e \ 
patoépevat, péeya 0’ nyly Spos more apdixarirperv. 
A afte » ¢ r \ , x a / 
@s ayopev 0 yepwy: Ta dé Kev Oeds 7 TEréceELED, 
bd i > / | a 
NK atédeot’ ein, WS of hirov erdreTo Oupd. 
> , A 
GXN aye pou TOdE ei7ré Kal aTpeKéws KaTdre€or, 
id 
ormyn ameTrAayyOns Te Kal ds Twas tkeo yopas 
> fA] , > / / / ? 5 A 
avOpoTrav, avtovs Te Todds T ev vaLeTOWCOAS, 
nev Soot Yadetrol Te Kal aypior ovdé Sixavot, 
~ 
of te pirdEewor, Kal opi voos éotl Oeovdys. 
eiré 8° 6 Tt Kralers Kal ddvpear EvdoO. Ovpo 
"Apyceiov Aavady 75’ "Idlov oitov axovav. 
Tov Sé Oeol péev TedEav, érexXooavTo §’ dreOpov 
> tf ~ 5 > / > / 
avOpatrois, va how Kal éoocopévotow aotd%. 
H tis Tot Kal mnos amépOrro "Ihid mpo 
écOr0s eo, yauBpos 1) mevOepos, of Te padioTta 
/ / > 4 \ / TE 
Kndtctoe TeACOovaL peO” aiwa Te Kal yévos avTOY ; 
% tis mov Kal éraipos avnp Keyapiopéva cides, 
é 0X6 > b] \ > / / / 
aOdos ; émel ov pév TL KaoLYyVNTOLO YeEpEelwv 
Cal \ / > 

ylyverar bs Kev éEtaipos éwv Temvupéva eldp. 


570 


THE ODYSSEY, VIII. 277 


wreck or ruin. Still, this is what I heard Nausithods, my 
father, once relate: he said Poseidon was displeased be- 
cause we were safe guides for all mankind; and he averred 
the god would one day wreck a stanch ship of the Phaia- 
kian people, returning from her convoy on the misty sea, 
and with a mighty hill would cover up our city. That 
was the old man’s tale, and this God may fulfil, or else 
it may go unfulfilled, as pleases him. But come, declare 
me this, and plainly tell both how you lost your way and 
to whose coasts you came. About the men and stately 
towns, too, let me hear, — what ones were fierce and sav- 
age, with no regard for right, what ones were kind to 
strangers and reverent toward the gods. And tell me 
why you weep and grieve within your breast on hearing 
the lot of Argive Danains and of Ilios. This the gods 
wrought ; they spun the thread of death for some, that 
others in the time to come might havea song. Had you 
indeed some relative who fell at Ilios? One who was 
dear ? a daughter’s husband or wife’s father ? — they who 
stand closest to us after our flesh and blood. Or was it 
perhaps some friend who pleased you well, a gallant com- 
rade? Fora friend with an understanding heart is worth 
no less than a brother.” 


OAYSSEIAS I, 
’Adklvov drddoyou. Kuxdcrreva. 


4 
Tov 8’ adrapeBopuevos tpocédn toddpyntis ’Odvaceds: 
nr / an 
‘’Adkivoe Kpeiov, TavTwv apideixete Aawr, 
\ / \ > / > \ > an 
7) TOL ev Tobe KaXOY aKovéuwev eoTly aoLdod 
ToLovd olos 66° éotl, Oeois evariyKios avodjv. 
> \ pee. / / LA / 3 
od yap eyo yé Ti hyws TéXOS yapidoTepoy eivat 5 
A. @- 3 > / \ 4 \ 67 7 
} 67 evppoctvn pev eyn Kata Shpov aravta, 
, > > \ / > > / > na 
Sattupoves 8’ ava Sepmat’ axovafwvrTat aovdod 
jmevor é€eins, mapa 5€ wAnOwoL TpaTreCar 
f \ A / aS n > A 
aitov Kai Kpedv, péOv 8’ é« Kpnthpos apioowv 
> / / \ > / / 
olvoxoos hopenot Kal éeyyein Semdecae* 10 
‘oes / / > \ ‘ »” S 
TOUTO TL or KaAALOTOV evi dpeciv eideTaL elvaL. 
\ >] ’ \ / \ > / / 
cot 8 éua Kndea Ovpos éerretpdreto ocTovoevta 
elpecO’, dp’ Ett padXov ddupdpevos oTevayitw’ 
/ “ / 4 / 2% .2€ / / 
TL TpwToVv ToL éretTa, TLS’ HoTdTiov KaTarékw ; 
Knde érel pot TOAAA Sdcav Deol ovpaviwves. 15 
a Paw, a / bd ae By 
viv 8’ dvoua tpetov pvOjcopat, dbpa Kal tpets 
16 ’ FL 2a + \ e \ - 
eldeT’, eyo 5’ dv ereta puvyov bro vyreés Tuap 
c A a 4 \ > 4 , / 
upiv Eeivos éw Kal atrompobs Swpata vaiwv. 
> \ a) 
ei’ “Odvcedrs Aaeptiaddns, 65 maar SdXovow 
avOporoias pédw, Kal ev Kré0s ovpavon Ket. 20 
vatetaw 8’ "l@axnv evdelehov: év § dpos adth, 
Nnpitov eivocipuAdrov apurpetrés: audi S€ vicot 
ToMAal vareTdovot pada oyedov GAAHANCL, 
/ , 
Aovriyiov te San te kal trAjeooa ZaxvvOos. 


IX. 


THE STORY TOLD TO ALKINOOS. — THE LAND OF THE CYCLOPS. 


THEN wise Odysseus answered him and said: “ Mighty 
Alkinoés, renowned of all, surely it is a pleasant thing to 
hear a bard like this, one who is even like the gods in 
voice. For a more delightful end of toil I think there 
cannot be than when good cheer possesses a whole people, 
and feasting through the houses they listen to a bard, 
seated in proper order, while beside them stand the tables 
loaded with bread and meat, and dipping wine from out 
the mixer the pourer bears it round and fills the cups; 
that is a sight most pleasing to the mind. But now your 
heart has turned aside to learn my grievous woes, that 
thus I still may meet with further grief and sorrow. 
What shall I tell you first, then, and what last? For 
many are the woes the gods of heaven gave me. First, I 
will tell my name, that you, like all, may know it, and 
I henceforth, if I escape the ruthless day, may be your 
guest-friend, though my home is far away. I am Odys- 
seus, son of Laértes, who for all craft am noted amongst 
men, and my renown reaches to heaven. I live in Ithaka, 
a land far seen; for on it is the lofty height of Neriton, 
covered with waving woods. Around lie many islands, 
very close to one another, — Doulichion, Samé, and woody 
Zakynthos. Ithaka itself lies low, farthest along the sea 


280 OAYSSEIAS I. 


b) a 
avty 5&é yOayarh wavuTreptatyn ely ad KetTaL 
mpos Copov, ai Sé 7 dvevOe mpos n@ 7 Hédov Te, 

-? > aes \ , oo aN eh 
Tpnyer, GAN ayabH Koupotpopos: ov Tor éyw ye 
fis yalns Stvapwar yAuKep@tepov Addo tdéaOau. 

# pv pw avtod’ épuxe Kaduo, dia Oedwr, 
[ev omécot yradupoiot, MAatopévn Trocw eivar-] 
a ’ bd / / > / 
&s 8’ avtas Kipen xatepntrvev év peyapovow 
/ 9 
Aiain Sor\cecoa, AAaLopéevyn TrooW eval. 
GXN éuov ob mote Oupov évi otyPecow errevOov. 
&s ovdéy yAvKLov Is TaTpidos ovdSé TOKH@V 
3 

yiyvetat, el Tep Kat Tis amdmpoOL Tiova oiKov 

/ > > al / b / / 
yain év addobaTH valet amrdvevOe ToKHwv. 
> oak \ jy 1 es. 2 ee: a 
el 8’ aye Tor Kal voorov émov TrodvKNdé’ évioTra, 
bv por Zevs edénnev ard TpoinOev iovte. 

"Truobev pe dépwv avepos Kixdvecou rédaccer, 


"Iopdapw: ev0a 8 éy@ rordw érpabov, ddreoa 8’ avTovs: 


éx moduos 8’ adoyous Kal KTHuaTa TOAAA aPorTes 
Saccdped’, > pH Tis pot aTEewBomevos Kiot ions. 

+ 9 » \ > 7 Lal \ / e / 

év0’ 4 Tot pev eym Siep@ modi hevyeuev npyeas 
nveyea, Tol dé péeya vyTrioL ovK érriBovrTo. 

évOa Sé moddov pev péOu miveto, ToXAA OE pra 
écpatov rapa Oiva Kat eidlmrodas EduKas Bods. 

/ 8’ vy 9 , / Kié K / , 
Toppa 8’ ap’ oixopuevor Kixoves Kixoverou yeywveur, 
of od yeltoves Hoav dua Tré€oves Kal apeious 
Hmeipov vaiovtes, émuctdpevot pev ad’ trmov 
> / / is Cas 4 \ \ x7 
avipact papvacbar Kal 601 ypn meCov éovTa. 

5 

mrAOov ErreO’ doa dvAXa Kal avOca yiyverar Opn, 
7 / SER: \ \ 3 / 

népior* tote &n pa Kaxn Ads aica mapéotn 

Huiv aivopopocty, tv’ adyea ToANa TraOower. 
oTnodpevor 8’ éuayovto paynv Tapa vyvol Oojot, 


41 


THE ODYSSEY, IX. 281 


toward the dark west, —the others stretching eastward, 
toward the dawn, — a rugged land, and yet a kindly nurse. 
A spot more pleasant I can never see than my own land. 
Kalypso, a heavenly goddess, sought to keep me by her 
side within her hollow grotto, desiring me to be her hus- 
band; so Circé also would detain me in her palace, — she 
of Aiaia, full of craft, — desiring me to be her husband; ’ 
but they never beguiled the heart within my breast. 
Nothing more sweet than home and parents can a man 
find, however rich a house he have far in a foreign land, 
cut off from parents. But let me tell you of the grievous 
journey home which Zeus ordained upon my setting forth 
from Troy. 

“ From Ilios the wind took me and bore me to the Ki- 
konians, to Ismaros. There I destroyed the town and slew 
its men; but from the town we took the women and great 
stores of treasure, and parted all, that none might go lack- 
ing his proper share. This done, I warned our men to 
fly with eager haste ; but they, in utter folly, did not heed. 
Much wine was drunk there still, and they slaughtered on 
the shore a multitude of sheep and swing-paced, crook- 
horned oxen. Meanwhile, escaped Kikonians began to call 
for aid on those Kikonians who were their neighbors and 
more numerous and brave than they, —a people dwelling 
inland, skilled in fighting from the chariot or on foot, as 
need might be. These gathered soon, thick as the leaves 
and flowers break forth in spring. They came at early 
dawn, and an evil fate from Zeus beset our luckless men, 
making us meet with many sorrows ; for setting the battle 
in array by the swift ships, they fought and hurled their 


i es > 


282 OAYSSEIAS I. 


Badrov 8 addjrovs yarkiperw éeyyelnow. 
” \ 3 \ »/ ¢ ‘ > 
Oppa pev nas nv Kal aéEeTo lepov pap, 

/ , > / / / / o7 
Toppa 6’ adeEowevor pévopev Tr€éovds ep éovTas: 
Hos 8 HédLos peTteviaaeTo BovaAvTovee, 
kal tote 81) Kixoves xkrwav dapdoavtes ’Ayaiovs. 
A 9 Dise / \ b] / € n 
e& 8’ ag’ Exaortns vynos évevnuides éraipor 
@dovO’+ of 8 ddrot Hiyowev Odvatdv Te popov Te. 

"EvOev &€ mpotépw mréopev Axaynpevor Hrop, 

” rf 6 / r > / e / 

dopevor €x Oavatow, pirous drécavtes étaipous. 
xO. w+ / an / > / 

ovd’ dpa pot TpoTépw vijes Kiov audiediooat, 

Tpiv twa Tov Sethav éTdpwov Tplis ExacTov adcat, 

of Odvov év wedim Kixdverv tro Snwbévtes. 

vnvot 8’ éra@po’ avewov Bopény vehernyepéta Zevs 

Naitate Ocongerin, civ Sé vehéecot Kddrvibe 

al ¢ a \ la > / > > / 4 
yaiav ouod Kal Tovtov: dpwpe 8’ ovpavobev vvé. 

e \ 4 > > / ] > / e / / 
ai pev érert’ épépovt’ émrixdpovat, iotia 5é od 

, \ \ / x ee 
TpiyOa Te Kal TeTpayOa Siuécyioev ts avéworo. 

\ \ \ b] A / / 7 
kal Ta pev és vias KaBepwev, Seicavtes dreOpor, 
aitas 8’ écovpévas mpocpécoaper irrevpovee. 

4 4 / / > a» 4 \ Pe 
év0a dvw vixtas dvo T Hata cuvexés aiel 

/ > € a / \ A \ 4 
KelpeO’, O"od Kau“aT@ Te Kal arAyeor Oupov edovTes. 
> o. a \ / 9 > / A > x>\ 
adr OTe 61) TpiTov Hap évTAOKAamos TéXEo’ HWS, 
e \ / > / + ies 3 / 72 > / 
totovs oTnodmevor ava @’ iotia: revK’ épvoavTes 
jucOa tas 8’ dvepos te KuBepvntai 7’ tOuvov. 

/ , > \ e > / rn 
Kat vb Kev acKnOijs ikouny és tatpida yaiar, 
> / a ee; / 4 
ahha pe Kiowa poos Te TepiyvdprrovTa Mandevav 
kal Bopéns atréwoe, twapétrayéev Se KvOyjpov. 

"Evbev 8’ évyqpap hepounv droots avémouce 

, oro Be r | / 2 / 
Tovtov.éem txOvoevta atap Sexatn éméBnwev 

Pd 
yains Awtopaywr, of 7 dvOwov cidap eovow. 


7 


THE ODYSSEY, IX. 288 


brazen spears at one another. While it was morning and 
the blessed light increased, we steadily kept them off and 
held our ground, though they were more than we; but as 
the sun declined, toward stalling-time, then the Kikonians 
turned our men and routed the Achaians. Six of the 
crew of every ship fell in their harness there; the rest 
fled death and doom. ‘ 

“ Thence we sailed on with aching hearts, glad to be clear 
of death, though missing our good comrades ; yet the curved 
ships did not pass on till we had called three times to 
each poor comrade who died upon the plain, cut off by the 
Kikonians. But now against our ships cloud-gathering 
Zeus sent the north wind in a fierce tempest, and with 
his clouds covered both land and sea; night broke from 
heaven. The ships drove headlong onward, and their sails 
were torn to tatters by the fury of the wind. The sails 
we lowered to the deck, in terror of our lives, and rowed 
the ships themselves hurriedly toward the land. There 
for two nights and days continuously we lay, gnawing our 
hearts because of toil and trouble. But when the fair- 
haired Dawn brought the third day, we set our masts and 
hoisted the white sails and sat us down, while wind and 
helmsmen kept the vessels to their course. And now I 
should have come unharmed to my own native land, but 
that the swell and current in doubling Maleia, and the 
north wind turned me aside and drove me past Kythéra. 

“Thence for nine days I drifted on, forced by the 
deadly winds along the swarming sea; but on the tenth 
we touched a land of Lotus-eaters, men who make their 


284 OAYSSEIAS I. 


évOa 8’ én’ jreipov Bhyev kal apvocdpcd’ vdwp, 
aiva 5é Seimrvov EXovto Sons mapa vnvoly étaipo.. 
> \ b] / LA / > XO\ nm 
avTap émel citowo Te TaccdpcO’ HOE TOTHTOS, 
\ "fad Xen TOR" e / 4 Fe s/ 
57) TOT’ éyov étdpous mpolew tevPecOar iovtas 
vd Div + 4 | BE, | \ / 54 
of Tives avépes elev émt yOovl citov eovTes, 
BA / / / / 2 ih 22 / 
avdpe dvm Kpivas, Tpitatov Kypvy’ du’ ordocas. 
ot 8’ ain’ oiyopevor plyev avdpdot Awtoddyoucw* 
ovd’ dpa Awtopdyou undov0’ Erdporcw oreOpov 
nuetépois, GAAd ode Socav AwTOio Tacacbat. 
tTav 8’ 6s Tis AwTOI0 ddyou pedundéa KapTor, 
ovKET atrayyetAar Tdadw HOerAEV OvSE véec Oat, 
GX avtod BovdovTo pet’ avdpact Awtoddyoce 
/ 
AwTOV epeTTomevor pevépev vooTov Te Nabéc Oat. 
\ \ > \ > a 4 / > / 
TOUS pev ey@v él vias ayov KNalovtas avayKn, 
ol \ a 
vnvai 8’ évi yrAapuphow bo Cvya Sioa épiocas. 
3 \ \ ” / oie e / 
auTap Tovs addovs KedouNV epinpas ETaipous 
oTepxYomuéevous vnov émiBawéwev w@KEeLawr, 
/ / n \ 4 / 
n TwS TiS AwTOIO haywv voaToLo AdOnTaL. 
ot 8’ ai’ elaBawov Kal éml Kdrnior xabifor, 
éEns 8’ éCowevor mrodunv Gra tuTTOV épeTpols. 
of Q be / / > / 9 
vUev O€ TPOTEPW TAEOMEY AKAYXNMEVOL 1TOP. 
Kvurrorev 8’ és yaiav itepdhidrwv abeniotor, 
he 4 , » SS 3 a / b] / 
ixoued’, of pa Ocoict temoiWores APavaroucw 
” 4 \ \ | Me fete 2 i 
ovuTe puTevovow yYepaly huTov ovT apowow,, 
> \ / > ae \ > / / 4 
adda Ta Y aoTapTa Kal avnpota Tavta vovTal, 
\ \ +99 A 7 L4 
mupot Kal KpiBal 7d autrerdo., al te dépovow 
oivov épiataduarov, Kal opw Avds duBpos aé€et. 
totaw 5° ovr ayopai BovAnddpos ovte Oéurores, 
GXW’ of xy inpnrA@v dpéwv vaiovet Kapnva 


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food of flowers. So here we came to land, and drew us 
water, and soon by the swift ships my men prepared a 
meal. Then after we had tasted food and drink I sent 
some of my comrades forth to go and learn what men 
who lived by bread dwelt in the land, — selecting two, 
and joining with them a herald as a third. These straight- 
way went and mingled with the Lotus-eaters, yet did the 
Lotus-eaters have no thought of harm against our men ; 
indeed, they gave them lotus to taste, but whosoever of 
them ate the lotus’ honeyed fruit wished to bring tidings 
back no more, and never to leave the place; there with 
the Lotus-eaters they desired to stay, to feed on lotus 
and forget the homeward way. These men I brought 
back weeping to the ships by very force, and dragging 
them under the benches of our hollow ships I tied them 
there, and bade my other trusty men to hasten and em- 
bark on the swift ships, that none of them might eat the 
lotus and forget his going home. Quickly they came 
aboard, took places at the pins, and, sitting in order, 
smote the foaming water with their oars. : 

“‘ Thence we sailed on with aching hearts, and came to 
the land of the Cyclops, a rude and lawless folk, who, 
trusting to the immortal gods, plant with their hands 
no plant, nor ever plough, but all things spring un- 
sown and without use of plough, — wheat, barley, and 
grape-vines which bear wine in their heavy clusters, 
and the rain of Zeus makes the grape grow. Among 
this people there are no assemblies held for consulta- 


tion; they have no stable laws. They live on the high 
20 . 


286 OAYSSEIAS I. 


a 5 
év otrécat yAadupoiot, Ocewirreder dé ExacTos 
/ 
Taidwy nd’ adoyav, ovd’ aGdAjwY aéyouct. 
Nijcos éreta Adyeva TrapeK ALpévos TeTavUTTAL 
yains KuxkX@rav ovte ayedov ovt’ arrotn od, 
e ‘ > > > > > / / 
vAneca’* év 0 aives aTretpéolat yeyaaow 
dypiat* ov ev yap matos avOperav arrepv«Kel, 
> / > na / Y 9 5 et 
ovdé pu eicoryvedot Kuvnyétat, of Te KaO’ DAnv 
/ / 
dvyea Taoxovcw Kopupas opéwv épérovTes. 
/ 
ovT dpa Toiuvnow Kataloyetat oT apoToow, 
GAN hy aomaptos Kal avypoTos huata tavta 
b) § a 4 / dé / 8 3 
avdpav ynpever, Booker Sé Te wnKkddas aiyas. 
> , / 4 4 
ov yap Kuxdrorecot vées Tapa piXToTrapyot, 
99> w+ a 4 / Ly / 
ovd’ avdpes vndv evi TéxToves, of KE Kdpovev 
~ ? t Y , ¢ 
vnas €vooéApous, Al Kev TEAEOLEY EKATTA 
dote én avOp@Tav ixvevdpevat, old Te Toa 
avdpes én’ addjdOUS VyVolv Tepowat Odraccav* 
of Ké chi Kal vncov éuKTimévny éxapovTo. 
> \ / sf / / 4 / 
ov pev yap TL KaKxn ye, pépor Sé Kev @pia TavTa* 
> \ \ n e> \ val > » 
év pev yap Neu@ves aos TodLoi0 Trap dyOas 
bSpynrol paraxol: para x’ abOito dpyrredos elev. 
év 8’ dpoots rein: para Kev Bald dAjvov aiel 
> oe > al > / na ¢ b] > 
eis @pas au@ev, érrel para triap Um’ ovdas. 
> \ \ BA 7? > \ { ul 3 
év 5¢ AuuHnv evoppos, Wy’ ob yYpew TelopaTos éoTLV, 
ovr’ evvas Baréew ovTe mpvuvyic’ avarpat, 
’ + 9 / a > ef ay 
QXrX eTiKéAcavTas MEelVal YpOVvOY els O KE VAVTEWY 
Oupos érrotptvn. kal érimvedowow anrat. 
> TX t Pe, \ / A ? \ ef 
avTap éml KpaTos Aupévos peer aryAaov Bdwp, 
Kpnvn vo orrelous: epi 8’ alyeipor mepvacw. 
” . , \ ¢e Ud 
év0a Kxaterréopev, Kal Tis Feds tryemoveve 
vixta Sv ophvainv, obdé tpovhaiver déc0au: 


115 


130 


140 


THE ODYSSEY, IX. 287 


mountain peaks, in hollow caves; each gives the law to 
his own wife and children, and for each other they have 
little care. | 

“* Now a rough island stretches along outside the harbor, 
not close to the Cyclops’ coast nor yet far out, covered 
with trees. On it innumerable wild goats breed, for no 
tread of man disturbs them; none comes here to follow — 
hounds, to toil through woods and climb the crests of hills. 
The island is not held for flocks or tillage, but all un- 
sown, untilled, it evermore is bare of men and feeds the 
bleating goats ; for among the Cyclops are no red-cheeked 
ships, nor have they men for shipwrights, who might build 
the well-benched ships to do them service by speeding to 
foreign cities —as oftentimes men cross the sea in ships 
to one another. Such men besides would have worked 
for them and made the island prosperous, for it is not at 
all a worthless spot, but.would bear all things duly. For 
here are meadows by the shores of the gray sea, moist, 
with soft soil ; here vines could never die; here is smooth 
ploughing-land; a very heavy crop, and always in due 
season, might be reaped, for the under soil is very rich. 
Here also is a quiet harbor, where is no need of mooring, 
— throwing out anchor-stones or fastening cables, — but 
merely to run in and wait awhile till sailor hearts are 
ready and the winds are blowing. Just at the harbor’s 
head a spring of sparkling water flows. from beneath a 
cave; around it poplars grow. Here we sailed in, some 
god our guide, through murky night; there was no light 
to see, for round the ships the fog was thick. No moon 


288 OAYSSEIAS I. 


lal = / 
anp yap mepl vnvol Babe?’ Hy, oddé cedjvyn 
> / BA , \ / 
ovpavoley mpovpawe, Katetyeto b5€ vepeerow. 
é&v0 ov tis THY vioov écédpaxey OpOarpoicw* 
OUT ovv KUpaTa paKkpa KUALYSOpmeva TpoTl yépooV 
eioldouev, Tplv vias évocédpous émiKédXoaL. 
/ \ \ f e / / 
Kedoaocnot S€ vnvol Kabeiromev iotia TayTa, 
éx € Kal avtol Bihyev éml pynyuive Padracons- 
év0a 8° amoBpiéavtes eueivayev "HO Siar. 
*Hyos 8’ npiyéveca avn pododaxtundos ’Haos, 
a / i / ’ > / 
vicov Oavpatovres ediuveduecOa Kat avTny. 
9 \ 4 a \ > U 
@poav 5é viudat, Kodpat Aids aiyioyxoro, 
aiyas opecxqous, iva Sevmvyjcevav étaipor. 
A 
avtixa kaprura toka Kal aiyavéas SodvyavAous 
e n , 
ethoueO” ex vndv, Sid 8 tpixa KoopunOértes 
Baddopev: ainva 8” eSaxe Oeds pevoerxéa Onpnv. 
an ld 7 /, 3 \ e / 
ves péev pou Errovto dumdexa, és 5é éExadoTnv 
évvéa Aayyavov aiyess ewol dé Séx’ Eedov ol. 
&s TOTe wév TpoTay Huap és HéALOV KaTAad’YTA 
iy 4 / Lea 4 \ / e UA 
hpcOa Sawwvdpevor Kpéa tT Gotreta Kal péeOv nov. 
ov yap Tw vnav é&éhOiTo oivos épvOpos, 
adr’ événv: Toddov yap év audihopedow ExacTot 
npvoapev Kixdvev tepdov mrorieOpov édovtTes. 
a é 
Kurrorev 8’ és yaiav éXevocopev eyyds eovTor, 
/ val lal 
KaTrvov T avTav te hOoyynyv diwy Te Kal aiyav. 
9 ’ 
qos 8 nédLos KaTédu Kal él Kvédhas HrOe, 
&? / 0 ; Pas oe. | a 6 / 
n TOTE KoywHnOnpwev ert pynypive Pardoons. 
S$ b] 
nuos & npuyévera havn pododaxturos *Has, 
/ al 
kal TOT éyov ayopny Oéwevos peta Tac eevTror: 
a nr a 
*“Addot péev viv pluvet’, euol épinpes Eraipot- 
> \ a 
avTap éyw ovv vnl T éuh Kal euols éErapoiow 


145 


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THE ODYSSEY, IX. 289 


looked out from heaven; it was shut in with clouds. 
Thus none made out the island, and the long waves roll- 
ing upon the shore we did not see until we beached our 
well-benched ships. After the ships were beached, we 
lowered all our sails and forth we went ourselves upon the 
sea-shore, where falling fast asleep, we awaited the sacred 
Dawn. i . 

“ But when the early rosy-fingered Dawn appeared, in 
wonder at the island we made a circuit round it, and 
nymphs, daughters of exgis-bearing Zeus, started the 
mountain goats, that so my men might find a meal. 
Forthwith we took our bending bows and our long-hilted 
spears from out the ships, and parted in three bands began 
to shoot, and soon God gave us ample game. Twelve 
ships were in my train; to each nine goats now fell, while 
ten they set apart for me alone. Thus, then, throughout 
the day till setting sun, we sat and feasted on abundant 
meat and the sweet wine. For the ruddy wine of our ships 
was not yet spent; some still was left, for each of the 
crews took a large store in jars the day when we laid waste 
the sacred hold of the Kikonians. We looked across to 
the land of the neighboring Cyclops, and marked the 
smoke, the sounds of men, the bleat of sheep and. goats ; 
and when the sun went down and darkness came, we laid 
us down upon the sea-beach. Then as the early rosy-fin- 
gered Dawn appeared, holding a council, I said to all my 
men : 

“¢ The rest of you, my trusty crews, stay for the present 
here; but I myself, with my own ship and my own crew, 


290 OAYSSEIAS I. 


,’ ro 
Mav tavd’ avdpov teipjoopat, of tivés ciow, 
4 > tA Bie 
nH p ot y vBpiotal te Kal dypioe ovSé Sixavot, 
= / 
he pirokewor, kai ogi vdos éoti Oeovdzs.’ 
‘\ > \ \ \ 
“Qs eita@v ava vnos EBnv, éxéXevoa 8° éraipous 
> 4 > > / > / / a 
avtous T auBatvew avd Te Tpumvncia AdoaL. 
ec > 8s ? / a val 
ot © ainy eioBawov Kal ért Krniot xabifor, 
a > € a 
éEjs 5° eCouevor trodunv Gra troy épetpots. 
> al 
GN’ OTe 5) TOV ywpov adixopeO’” eyyds eovTa, 
4 > ’ a : 
év0a 8° én’ éoxyatim otréos eldopmev, ayyt Oadacons, 
\ / 
tynrov, Sadvyc. Katnpedés: EvOa S€ modra 
ans? ee \ » > , \ , > 4 
HN, Oves TE Kal aiyes LavecKov: Tepl 8 avAH 
inpnryn dédunto Katwpvxyéecot AlOoict 
1 EM / ION \ ¢ / 
paxpholv te witvocw toe Spvolv inpixopoiow. 
év0a 5’ avnp éviave medwpios, bs pad Te phra 
olos Troiaiveckey atroTpolev: ovdé pet’ GAXoUS 
monreit, arr amavev0ev éwv abeuiotia 767. 
‘ \ a 3) oa , > \ > 7 
Kai yap Oadp éréruKto Tred@ptov, ovdE e@xet 
/ / 
avdpl ye ovtopayo, GAA piw bAHevTL 
invnrov opéwv, 6 Te halverat oiov am’ dddov. 
/ 
Ay rote Tovs GAAovs KEAOuNY Epinpas ETaipous 
avtod Tap vni Te pévety Kal vha épvoar: 
> \ D £5 / L¢ ¢ 8 ) / 
avTap éym Kpivas étapwv SvoKaidex apictous 
a > \ ” > \ ” A 5) 
Biv: aap aiyeov acKov éyov pédavos oivoto, 
e\ 
ndéos, dv pot axe Mapav, Evdaveos vids, 
/ / 
ipeds “ArrodAXwvos, bs "Iopapov audiBeBnKet, 
A / \ \ 4 > %X#O\ 
otvend pw odvv TaLdl Tepiayopwed’ HOE yuvatKl 
atowevor’ @Ker yap ev adoei SevdpHevte 
poiBov "AmoAXwvos. Oo O¢ pot Topev ayaa SHpa* 
lal / lal ? S. i / e a / 
xpucod pév por SMK evepyéos Eta TddavTa, 
Saxe S€ or KPNTHpa Tavdapyvpov, avTap é7revTa 


175 


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190 


THE ODYSSEY, IX. 291 


go to make trial of these men, to learn who they may be 
—if they are lawless, savage, with no regard for right, or 
kind to strangers, and reverent toward the gods.’ 

“When I had spoken thus, I went on board my ship, 
and called my crew to come on board themselves and 
loose the cables. Quickly they came, took places at the 
pins, and, sitting in order, smote the foaming water with 
their oars. But as we reached the neighboring shore, 
there at the outer point, close to the sea, we saw a cave, 
high, overhung with laurel. Here many flocks of sheep 
and goats were nightly housed. . Around was built a yard 
with a high wall of deep-embedded stone, tall pines, and 
crested oaks. Here a man-monster slept, who shepherded 
his flock alone and far apart ; with others he did not min- 
gle, but holding himself aloof followed his lawless ways. 
Thus had he grown to be a marvelous monster; not like a 
man who lives by bread, but rather like a woody peak of 
the high hills, seen single, clear of others. 

** Now to my other trusty men I gave command to stay 
there by the ship and guard the ship; but I myself chose 
the twelve best among my men and sallied forth. I took 
along a goat-skin bottle of the dark sweet wine which 
had been given to me by Maron, son of Euanthes, priest 
of Apollo who watches over Ismaros. He gave me this 
because we kept him safe — him and his son and wife — 
through holy fear ; for he dwelt within the shady grove of 
Phoibos Apollo. He brought me splendid gifts: of fine- 
wrought gold he gave me seven talents; he gave besides 
a mixing-bowl of solid silver, and afterwards filled me 


292 OAYSSEIAS I. 


olvov év audipopedor Svddexa Tacw advooas 
Hdvv axnpac.ov, Ociov mortdv: ovdé Tis avTOV 205 
jeldn Suwwv ovd’ auditrorwy evi oike, 
GXN avtos aroxyds Te HiAy Taplyn TE pl’ om. 
\ We / / 93 > \ 
tov 6’ dre ivovey pedundéa oivov épvOpor, 
év Sémas éumAnoas vdatos ava elkoow péTpa 
xed, dur) 8’ Hdeta amd KpNTHpos odwdet, 210 
Oeotreain: ToT av ov Tor aroayécOar pidov ev. 
na f > U4 b) \ / > \ 2 er 
Tov dépov éumAnoas acKxov péyav, ev Sé Kal ja 
KwpuK@* avtixa yap pou dicato Oupos ayjvep 
A 3 > / lA ’ / > \ 
avop’ émedevocc Oar peyadrny emrepéevov adKny, 
dyptov, ovTe Sixas ed eiddTa ovTE OémioTas. 215 
Kaptraripes 8’ eis avtpov adixoped’, oddé pw evdov 
iA > pena RB! 4 \ / / na 
EUPOMEV, GAN EVOMEVE VOMOY KATA Triova pra. 
éXOovtes 8 eis dvtpov eOnevpecOa Exacta: 
\ \ Lad cal / \ 
Tapool wey tup@v BpiOov, otelvovto 5é onkol 
apvav 75’ épidav: Svaxexpysévar Sé Exacrar 220 
épyato, ywpis pev Tpoyovot, yapis dé wéTaccat, 
\ , 50’ bd a fF 2 A , 
xopis 8’ av0’ Epcar: vaiov 8 dpe ayyea tava, 
/ / / tal | eae 
yavrol te oxahides Te, TeTUypéva, Tois évduedyer. 
v P57 3 \ \ , > / Pe / 
év0” éwe pev tmpwticl’ érapot AicaovT’ éréeoot 
al > / 27 , > \ 4 
TupoV aivupévous lévat Taw, avTap erevta 225 
Kaptranripws él via Sony épipous te Kal adpvas 
onkav é€eddoavtas émuTdciv adpupoyv dap 
GXN éy@ ov TiOduny, } T av ord Képd.ov ev, 
bg , , 
édp avrov te ido, Kab et por Ecivia Soin. 
INO Dd 
ov5’ dp’ Euedr’ éErdpoict pavels épatewds écecOar. 28 
” 
Evéa && rip xnavres COvcapev 45é Kal avtot 
a 2 f 
Tupayv aivipevot paryouev, pévouev Té wv Evoov 
isd , a 
juevot, elos ene véuwvr pépe 8’ dBpipov axOos 


THE ODYSSEY, IX. 293 


twelve jars of wine,—sweet and unmixed, a drink for 
gods. None knew that wine among the slaves and hand- 
maids of his house,— none but himself, his own dear 
wife, and one sole house-dame. Whenever they drank the 
honeyed ruddy wine, he filled a cup, and poured it into 
twenty parts of water, and still from the bowl came a 
sweet odor of a surprising strength ; then to refrain had 
been no easy task. I filled a large skin full of this and 
took it with me, and also took provision in a sack ; for my 
stout heart suspected I soon should meet a man arrayed 
in mighty power, a savage, ignorant of rights and laws. 

“‘ Quickly we reached the cave, but did not find him 
there; for in the pasture he was tending his fat flock. 
Entering the cave, we looked around on all. Here crates 
were standing, loaded down with cheese, and here pens 
thronged with lambs and kids. In separate pens each sort 
was folded: by themselves the older, by themselves those 
later born, and by themselves the younglings. Swimming 
with whey were all the vessels — pails and bowls, wrought 
out with care—in which he milked. Here, at the very 
first, my men entreated me to take some cheeses and de- 
part; and then that we should afterwards hurriedly drive 
to our swift ship the kids and lambs out of the pens, and 
sail away over the briny water. But I did not consent, — 
far better had I done so,— hoping that I might see him 
and he might offer gifts. But he was to prove, when seen, 
no pleasure to my men. 

“ Kindling a fire here, we made burnt offering, and we 
ourselves took of the cheese and ate; and so we sat and 
waited in the cave until he came from pasture. He 


294 OAYSSEIAS I. 


‘ 
irns afadréns, tva ot motidoprruov ein. 
évrocbev &° dvtpovo Badwv opupaydsov éOnkev* 235 
hyueis 5é Seicavtes arecovped” és pvyov ayTpov. 
> \ 4 ? ’ > \ / 7 / a 
avtap & ¥ eis evpd oméos Hace Tiova pia, 
mdvTa pan boo Hpedye, Ta 8° Apoeva reire Ovpndw, 
> 4 / / 4 > ipl 
dpvewovs Te Tpadyous Te, Babeins évtoev avrjjs. 
avtap émeit éméOnxe Ovpedv péyav infpoo deipas, 240 
” > x / é 4 \ ” > ld 
dBpimov: ovK av Tov ye dvw Kal eixoo apakas 
écOral TeccapdKuKros at’ ovdeos OxXAiocELay* 
/ b] / / > / 4 
toconv nrALBatov métpnv ééOnke Ovpyow. 
ELowevos 8’ Hpedyev Gus Kal pnKddas aiyas, 
/ \ n \ id 9 ia ® e / 
TdvTa KaTa poipay, Kal UT EeuRpvov nKevy ExaoTH, 25 
avtixa 8° hysov pév Operas NevKoio ydXaxTos 
TreKTols év Taddporow aunodpevos KaTéOnxer, 
A > 9 > w > + 7 e ” 
Huscv © avr éotnoey ev ayyeow, Sppa ol ein 
mivew aivupev@ Kai ot ToTLOopTLoY Ein. 
> \ > \ yy lal / a a ” 
avtap érel 52 omedoe TovnTdmevos TA A Epya, 250 
\ / a » MEE \ 7 4 ee / 
kal TOTe TUp avéxate Kal eloder, elpeTo 8’ réas* 
°°), Eeivor, tives Coté; moOev TrEciO” bypa KérevOa ; 
h TL Kata mpnew } parridios adadnoGe 
/ ip! e \ ef , > > / 
old Te AnioTHpes vTelp Ada, Tol T adOwYTAL 
apuxyas tapOéuevor, Kaxov Gdrodatroiar épovtes ;’? —255 
‘As bab’, jpiv 8 adre xatexddcOn pirov Hrop 
/ , ‘\ > / , 
Sevcdvtav POoyyov te Bapvy avtov te Tédwpor. 
GAG Kal ds pw erecow ayerBouevos mpocéevrrov* 
« “Hyels tot Tpoindev arotrayyGévtes ‘Ayatol 
U > la ¢ \ / lal / 
mavrolois avé“otow rép péya Aaitua Caracons, — 260 
olxade téwevot, dXAnV Oddv, GAXa KédeVOA 
HrOopev’ ovTw Tov Zevs HOcrke pnticacbar. 
Naol 8 "Arpeidew "Ayapéuvovos evydued” eivat, 


THE ODYSSEY, IX. 295 


brought a ponderous burden of dry wood to serve at 
supper time, and tossing it down inside the cave raised a 
great din. In terror we retreated to a corner of the cave. 
But into the spacious cave he drove his sturdy flock, — all 
that he milked; the males he left out-doors, both rams 
and goats, in the high yard. And now he set in place the 
huge door-stone, lifting it high in air, a ponderous thing; 
no two and twenty carts, stanch and four-wheeled, could 
start it from the ground; such was the rugged rock he 
set against the door. Then sitting down, he milked the 
ewes and bleating goats, all in due order, and underneath 
put each one’s young. Straightway he curdled half of the 
white milk, and gathering it in wicker baskets, set it by; 
half he left standing in the pails, to be at hand to take 
and drink, and for his supper also. So after he had 
busily performed his tasks, he kindled a fire, spied us, and 
asked : 

“¢ Ha, strangers, who are you? Where do you come 
from, sailing on the watery ways? Are you upon some 
errand? Ordo you rove at random as the pirates roam’ 
the seas, risking their lives and bringing ill to strangers ?’ 

“‘ As he thus spoke our very souls were crushed within 
us, dismayed by the heavy voice and by the monster’s self ; 
but even so, I answered thus and said to him: 

“¢ We are from Troy, Achaians, driven from our course 
across the great gulf of the sea by many a wind; home- 
ward we fared, but through strange ways and wanderings 
hitherward came; so Zeus was pleased to purpose. Sub- 
jects of Agamemnon, son of Atreus, we boast ourselves 


296 OAYSSEIAS I. 


ce) \ a ¢ / / > 
Tov 51) viv ye wéytoTtov wroupdviov Kréos eos 
Toconv yap Suérepoe ToAw Kal am@dece Aaods 265 
/ € 4 5° 5 , \ \ fa) 
Tordovs: nucis 5’ adte Kiyavouevot TA oa yoova 
ixopeO’, eb TL Tropois Eewvntov He Kal ddArwS 
Soins Swtivnv, h te Ecivov Bemis éotiv. 
GX’ aideto, hépiote, Oeovs* ixérar Sé Tol eipev. 
Zevs 8° émitiyuntop ixetdwv te Eeivov Te, 270 
/ a / wv 3 > / > “3 
Ecivios, ds Eeivorow Gp’ aldoiovow dmndei. 
“Ds ebadynv, o Sé pw’ adtix’ duelBeto vnrée Ovpo> 
‘ pyios eis, @ Eciv’, ) THADOEV EidAnjroVOas, 
ds pe Oeovs Kérear 4 Sevdiwev 4) aréacOau: 
ov yap Kixdwrres Atos aiysoyou adéyouow 275 
> \ 7 7, > \ 5 \ / / > 
cvdé Oewy paxdpav, érrel % Todd Héprepol eiper. 
ovd5' ay éym Avos ExOos adevadpevos medidoiwnv 
A a wf? e / > \ , 4 
ovTe aed ovO’ Etdpwr, et un Oupos pe KEAEVOL. 
ard uot ei’ Orn Exyes iwv evepyéa vija, ws 
tov én’ éoxatins Kal oxeddov, ddpa Saelo.’ 280 
“Qs hato teipalwv, éwée 8’ od AdOev eiddTa ToAXA, 
Grd piv aryoppov mpocépynv Sorious éréeoot* 
‘ Néa pév poo xatéake Tlocedawv évocix bor, 
\ / \ e aA > \ / 4 
mpos wétpnot Barov vuns emi teipact yains, 
” A ” Ame , ” 
axpn mpoomenacas: avewos 8° éx movtou évetKev* 285 
avTap éya ovv Toicde uméxhuyov aimiy orcO pov.’ 
‘As ébaunr, o bé pw oddév ayetBero vynré Supa, 
arr’ 6 oy avaitas éErapows él yelpas tadre, 
av Oé dtm papas as Te cKUAaKaS ToT) yaly 
xoTrT’+ &k 8’ éyxéharos yauddis pée, Sede Sé yaiay. 2 
tovs O€ dua pereiotl tapov wmdiccato Sopropv: 
jnoOte 8’ &s Te Aéwy Gpecitpodpos, ovd’ arrédeutrev, 
éykaTad Te capKas Te Kal doTéa pvedderTa. 


TUE ODYSSEY, IX. 297 


to be, whose fame is now the greatest under heaven; so 
great was the city he sacked, so many the people he slew. 
But chancing here, we come before your knees to ask if 
you will offer hospitality, or in some other way will give 
the gift which is the stranger’s due. O mighty one, re- 
spect the gods. We are your suppliants, and Zeus is the 
avenger of the suppliant and the stranger; he is the 
stranger’s friend and waits on sacred strangers.’ 

“So I spoke, and from a ruthless heart he straightway 
answered : ‘Stranger, you are a fool, or come from far 
away, to bid me dread the gods or shrink before them. 
The Cyclops pay no heed to egis-bearing Zeus, nor to the 
blessed gods, because we are much stronger than them- 
selves. To shun the wrath of Zeus, I would not spare 
you or your comrades, did my heart not bid. But tell me 
where you left your good ship at your coming. At the 
far shore, or near? Let me but know.’ | 

“He thought to tempt me, but he could not cheat a 
knowing man like me; and I again replied with words 
of guile: ‘The Earth-shaker, Poseidon, wrecked my ship 
and cast her on the rocks at the land’s end, drifting her 
on a headland; the wind blew from the sea; and I with 
these men here escaped from utter ruin.’ 

“So I spoke, and from a ruthless heart he answered 
nothing, but starting up laid hands on my companions. 
He seized on two and dashed them to the ground as if 
they had been dogs. Their brains ran out upon the floor, 
and wet the earth. Tearing them limb from limb, he made 
his evening meal, and ate as does a mountain lion, leaving 
nothing, — entrails, or flesh, or marrow bones. We in our 


298 OAYSSEIAS I. 


jucis S€ KAralovtes averyeOopev Ai xeipas, 

/ A > e / > / 8’ ” @ / 
oxéTAa epy’ opowvTes* aunxavin 8’ éxye Ovpor. 
avtap émrel Kiko peyadnv éumdjoato vydov 
> f el £5 \ ; ee ed / / 
avdpouea Kpé’ Edwv kal ém’ axpntov yada Tivev, 

"Ses ae A | oes 4 / p>) \ / 

Keit évtocO’ aytpowo Tavvccapevos Sia prov. 
\ 
Tov pev éym BovrAevoea KaTa peyarntopa Oupov 
\ an 
adccov iwv, Elpos o€0 épvecapevos Tapa pnpod, 
> / \ nO 60 / ” 
ovTapevat mpds atHOos, 604 hpéves Hrap Eexovot, 

’ / \ ” 
yelp émyacodpuevos: Erepos 5é we Oupos Epuxev. 
avTod yap Ke Kal dupes atrwdoucd’ aimiv ddr<Opov: 

/ 
ov yap Kev SuvayerOa Ovpawy inyndrawv 
a / 
xepolv atacacba Aiov BBpimov, dv mpocéOnker. 
a / \ / > / "Ho Ou 
@>s TéTe pev atevaxyovtes euelvapev “He Sdiav. 
> \ 

*"Hyos 8’ npuyévera havn pododaxtvros ‘Has, 
Kal TOTe Tip dvéxate Kal Huetye KAVTA pra, 
TavTa KaTa poipav, Kal vr’ EuBpvov HKev éExaoTy. 
avtap érel &) omedoe Tovnodpmevos TA & Epya, 


ovv 8 6 ye 87 adte S0m pap as @TAiccato Seirvor. 


Seurvncas 8 avtpov é&jXace tiova pra, 
e r > \ \ s ; Ye." y 
pnidias adedwv Ovpedv péyav'! adap érevta 
ayy éréOny’, ws ef te hapétpn Tap’ érriOein. 
morAH Sé pot&m mpos pos Tpére Tiova pra 
Kirro attap éy® ATrounv Kaxa Bvocodopetor, 
” ' t 9 5) , 
el tas Ticalunv, Soin Sé pot edyos ’AOnvy. 
hoe b€ por Kata Oupov aplorn daivero Bovdr7. 
Kixrwros yap Exevto péya potradov Tapa onKe, 
XAwpov édaiveov: TO pev Extapev, dhpa hopoln 
avav0év. To pev dppes eloKxopev eicopowyTes 
v4 F -9@ XN ‘ > 4 / 
docov 8 iarov vnos eetKocdpolo pedaivns, 

> / 4 eee , / Lal 
goptidsos evpeins, } 7 extepaa péya aiTpa* 


810 


820 


Pie ie 


THE ODYSSEY, IX. 299 


tears held up our hands to Zeus, at sight of his reckless 
deeds; for helplessness held our hearts. But when the 
Cyclops had filled his monstrous maw by eating human 
flesh and pouring in pure milk, he lay down in the cave 
full length among his flock. And I then formed the plan 
within my daring heart of closing on him, drawing my 
sharp sword from my thigh, and stabbing him in the 
breast where the midriff holds the liver, feeling the place 
out with my hand. Yet second thoughts restrained me, 
for there we too had met with utter ruin; because from 
the lofty door we could not with our hands have pushed 
away the enormous stone which he had set against it. 
Thus, then, with sighs, we awaited the sacred Dawn. 

“ But when the early rosy-fingered Dawn appeared, he 
kindled a fire and milked his goodly flock, all in due 
order, and underneath put each one’s young. Then after 
he had busily performed his tasks, seizing once more two 
men, he made his morning meal. And when the meal was 
ended, he drove from the cave his sturdy flock, and easily 
moved the huge door-stone, but put it back as one might 
put the lid upon a quiver. Then to the hills, with many a 
a call, the Cyclops turned his sturdy flock, while I was 
left behind brooding on evil, and thinking how I might 
obtain revenge and have Athene grant me glory. This to 
my mind appeared the wisest way. There lay beside the 
pen a great club of the Cyclops, an olive stick still green, 
which he had cut to be his staff when dried. As we 
examined it, we guessed its size, and thought it like the 
mast of a black ship that carries twenty oars — some 


broad-built merchantman which sails the great gulf of the 


300 OAYSSEIAS I. 


na / 
Tocco env pHKoS, TOcTov Tayos eicopdacbaL. 
n \ 4 ie a % > / \ 
Tov pev Ooov T Opyulay éyov atréxowya Tapactas, 8% 
\ / | Fae 4 / > a ye ee 
Kal mapéOny’ étdpovcw, atrokdvas 8’ éxédevoa 
¢ / 
ot 8° owandov troinoav: éyw 5’ Oowoa Tapactas 
ba 
axpov, apap Sé AaBwv émupaKteov év Tupl KNréEy. 
\ \ \ 9 , s e \ / 
Kal TO wev ev KaTéOnKa KaTaKxpipas vd KOTpPO, 
pa Kata omelovs Kéyvto peydd HALOa Todd: 830 
a. % \ 7 / / LA 
avTap Tous addovs KANpw TeTAaddcVaL avwyor, 
Os Tls TOApHoELeY Euol GrY poxAoV délpas 
tTpipat év opOarpwo, Ste Tov yAUKVs Umvos ixdvot. 
e o- 
ot 5’ €Xayov Tovs av Ke Kal HOedXov avdTos édéc Oat, 
/ , \ ae | / \ a b / 
Tégoapes, avTAap éym TéwTTOS peTA ToOlcW EdeypNV. 835 
’ a / 
éotrépios 8 HAOev KadXritpiya pHra vouetwv: 
> / b] > Re / »” / a 
avtixa 6’ eis evpv oméos HAace Tiova pra, 
TdvTa war, ovoeé TL Aeltre Babeins Evtobev avdjs, 
+ r J / xX \ \ A > / 
TL Olodpevos, Kai Oeds Bs éxédevcer. 
\ / / / / 
autap éeit’ éméOnxe Ovpeov wéyav brypoo’ deipas, 840 
t¢/ BA 3 
éCowevos 5° tueryev bis Kal pnKddas aiyas, 
\ a 
TavTa KaTa potpav, Kal 7’ EuBpvov HKev éxaorTn. 
avtap érel 89 omevoe Tovnodmevos Ta & Epya, 
ty, , 
avy 5’ 6 ye 8) adte Siw papas @TAlccato SopTop. 
ELA 
kat ToT éyo Kvkrora mpocntiov ayyi Tapactas, 946 
/ \ \ 4 UA v 
KicovBLov peTa Yepolv Exwv péXavos oivoto. 
a > / 
‘ Kixro, Th, we oivov, éret hayes avdpopuea xpéa, 
a \ / a 
Opp eidhs oldv te ToTov TOde vyds éxeKxedOer 
\ A 
nueTépn: col 8 ad rAowBnv dépov, el p’ eXejoas 
7 / \ \ / > | ee al 
oixade Téeuaperas: ov S€ paiveat ovKér’ avexTas. 350 
oXEeTMLE, TAS Kev Tis oe Kal BoTEpov Adros iKceTO 


2 f) , s Bie AN > \ . CaaS eae | 
AVUP@T@V TONEWY ; eMelL OU KATA [LOLPAV EPEC AS. 


a a ot a 








THE ODYSSEY, IX. 301 


sea ; so huge to look upon it was in length and bulk. Of 
this I went and cut a fathom’s length, laid it before my 
men, and bade them shape it down; they made it smooth; 
I then stood by to point the tip, and, laying hold, I 
charred it quickly in the blazing fire. The piece I now 
put carefully away, hiding it in the dung which lay about 
the cave in great abundance; and then I bade my com- 
rades fix by lot who the bold men should be to help me 
raise the stake and grind it in his eye, so soon as pleasant 
sleep should fall upon him. Those drew the lot whom I 
myself would fain have chosen ; four were they, for a fifth 
I counted in myself. He came toward evening, shepherd- 
ing the fleecy flock, and forthwith drove his sturdy flock 
into the spacious cave, all with much care; he did not 
leave a sheep in the high yard outside, either through 
some suspicion, or perhaps God bade him so todo. Again 
he set in place the huge door-stone, lifting it high in air, 
and, sitting down, he milked the sheep and bleating goats, 
all in due order, and underneath put each one’s young. 
Then after he had busily performed his tasks, he seized 
once more two men and made his evening meal. And now 
it was that drawing near the Cyclops thus I spoke, hold- 
ing within my hands an ivy bowl filled with dark wine : 

““¢ Here, Cyclops, drink some wine after your meal of 
human flesh, and see what sort of liquor our ship held. 
I brought it hither as an offering, in hope that you would 
pity me and send me home. But you are mad past bear- 
ing. Reckless! How should a stranger come to you 
again from any people, when you have done so impious 
a deed ?’ | 


21 


302 OAYSSEIAS I. 


¢ e bed 

‘As ébapnv, o Sé SéeTo Kali Exriev: Hoato 8’ aivas 
ayy \ / / > at 8 / 5 
dv ToTov tTivev, Kai pw Tee SevTepov avTis* 

‘ Aos pot te Tpodppav, Kal pov Tedv ovtvoua eimré 855 

a 7 la) 
avtixa viv, va tor So Eeiviov, @ Ke od yalpys. 
kat yap Kuxrorrecor péper Seidwpos apovpa 
oivov épirtadunrov, Kat afi Aros duBpos aéEet: 
? \ ‘Qo 9 f \ 4 , > > 4G? 
GAA TOS’ GwBpocins Kal vexTapos éotiv atroppwé. 
“OAs hats arap ot adtis éy@ Topov aifora oivoy: 360 
/ 

tpis pev daca pépwr, tpis 8’ éxriev adpadinow. 
avtap émel Kixdwra rept ppévas AvOev oivos, 
kal tote 5y pu errecot Tpoonvdoav petdtyloLce* 

/ > a , lj / \ , 

‘ Kixdo, cipwtds p’ dvoua KdvTOv ; avTap éyw ToL 
éEepéw: aot Sé pou dds Eeiviov, @s wep vréoTNS. 865 
Odris éuol y dvopa: Odtw dé pe KiKAHoKoVEL 
pATNp He TaTHp Hd ddrou TavTes ETalpoL. 

c e€ 

‘Ns ebdpnv, 0 Sé w adtix’ dpelBeto vynré Ovpe: 
© Oitw eyo mipatov edouar peta ols Etaporot, 
tovs 8’ dddXouvs mpdcbev: TO 5é Tor Eewriov gota.’ 370 

°H «al avaxduwels trécev trios, a’tap éreta 

a Sale MS / \ > / a) dé 4 
Ket’ aTrodoypwcas Tax avyéva, Kad O€ piv UTVOS 
c / , > 2s s 
Hper mavdauatwp* pdpuyos 8’ é€éaouro oivos 

/ > > , e Seb / > Ul 
ouot 7 avdpopeot: o 8’ épevryeto olvoBapeimv. 
‘ an of A 
Kal TOT ey Tov woxdov Ud oTodoD HrAaca TOAAIS, 875 
e f 
elws Oepuaivoito: émecol Te TayTas éTaipous 
4] / / iy “2 58 / > 8 , 
apouvov, wy Tis mot UTroddeicas avadun. 
f 
GN Ste 89 Tay’ 6 poyrds EAdwos ev TupL pédrev 
/ a 
daberOa1, ywpds ep ewv, Suepaivero 8 aivas, 
\ n 
kal tor éyav dooov hépov éx tupds, audl 8’ éraipou 380 
loravt. avtap Odpoos évérvevoev péya Saipor, 
5] 7 
of ev poyndov EdovTes éAdwov, ofdy em’ axpy, 


THE ODYSSEY, IX. 803 


“So I spoke; he took the cup and drank it off, and 
mightily pleased he was with the taste of the sweet liquor, 
and thus he asked me for it yet again :. 

“«¢ Give me some more, kind sir, and tell your name at 
once, that I may give a stranger’s gift with which you 
shall be pleased. Ah yes, the Cyclops’ fruitful fields bear 
wine in the heavy clusters, and the rain of Zeus makes the 
grape grow; but this is a bit of ambrosia and nectar.’ 

“So he spoke, and I again offered the sparkling wine. 
Thrice did I bring and give, and thrice he drank it in his 
folly. Then as the wine crept round the Cyclops’ senses, 
in winning words I said to him: 

“¢ Cyclops, you asked my noble name, and I will tell it ; 
but do you give the stranger’s gift, just as you promised. 
My name is Noman. Noman I am called by mother, 
father, and by all my comrades.’ 

“So I spoke, and from a ruthless heart he straightway 
answered : ‘ Noman I eat up last, after his comrades ; all 
the rest first ; and that shall be the stranger’s gift for you.’ 

“‘He spoke, and sinking back fell flat, and there he lay, 
lolling his thick neck over, and sleep, that conquers all, 
took hold upon him. Out of his throat poured wine and 
scraps of flesh; heavy with wine, he spewed it forth. 
And now it was I drove the stake under a heap of ashes, 
to let it there grow hot, and with my words emboldened all 
my men, that none might fail through fear. Then when 
the olive stake within the fire was just about to catch, green 
though it was, and showed a fearful glow, I snatched it 
from the fire, and my men stood around, while God in- 
spired great courage. Seizing the olive stake, sharp at 


304 OAYSSEIAS I. 


6fOarpe evépercav: eyo 8’ épdrepOev aepbels 
/ ¢ ef A / / » Fee 
diveov, @s Ste TIS TpYT@ Sopuy viyvoy aviyp 
sf e / > ¢ t ae 4 
TpuTave, of dé T €vepOev brocceiovew iwavTe 885 
/ 
dapdpevor éxdtepe, Td Sé Tpéyer eupeves aie: 
&>s tov ev db0aryw@ TupijKea poxdov édovTes 
dwéouev, tov 8 alwa mepippee Ocpyov éovta. 
\ 
mavta Sé of Bréhap’ audi Kal opptas ebcev avTmH 
ae an e / 
yAnvns Katouevnss ohaparyedbvto Sé ot rupli pita. 890 
as 8’ br’ avip yadkeds mérexvy péyav Hé oKéTrapvoy 
ely UdaTe Wuype Barty peydra iayovTa 
hapydcocwv: TO yap adte atdynpov ye KpaTos éoTiv: 
a> tov olf ofOarpos édaivéw repli pmoxyre. 
opepdaréov Sé péy @uwkev, mepl 8’ iaye téTpn, 895 
€ n \ / > 4 g : amy | € \ 
nets S€ Seicavtes atrecovpeO. avTap o poydov 
é£épvo’ opOarpoto wepuppévoy aiwatit Toro. 
XN \ 4 Tee > an ¢ \ > 4 
Tov ev erect’ Eppipev amo €o yepolv advwr, 
> \ e / 4/~ > » io 8 oe. 3 
avTap 0 Kixrwras peydr’ irvev, of pa pw apdls 
” > / 5] LA > / 
@KEOV EV OTNETOL be aKkplas nvEemocooas. 400 
ot 5é Bons aiovtes ehoitwv adrAobev aAXos, 
e / ? + , 4 e a 
totdpevot 5 eipovto tept omréos Otte é KHOdot° 
‘Timte tocov, IIodddnp’, apnuévos od’ éBonoas 
4 P > / \ x, ” 4 
voxta dv auSpocinv, kal avmvovs aupe TiOncba ; 
9 / a a 
pn Tis cev wHnra Bpota@v aéxovTos éXavver ; 405 
h ph tis o avtov xteiver ddrm He Bindw ;’ 
Tovs 8’ abr’ é& dvtpov mpocépn xparepos IIodvdnpos: 
5 \ 
‘@ hiro, Odris pe Kkreiver Sdr(w, odd5é Bindu. 
Oi 8’ drraperBopevor Grea mrepdevt’ ayopevor: 
‘eb pev dn pn tis oe Bidlerar oiov éovta, 410 
vovoov y ov mas éott Avs peyadou adéacbas, 
Gra ot ¥ edyeo matpl Tloceddwv dvaxti.’ 


THE ODYSSEY, IX. 305 


the tip, they plunged it in his eye, and I, perched up 
above, whirled it around. As when a man bores ship- 
beams with a drill, and those below keep it in motion with 
a strap held by the ends, and steadily it runs; even so we 
seized the fire-pointed stake and whirled it in his eye. 
Blood bubbled round the heated thing. The vapor singed 
off all his lids on the two sides, and even his brows, as 
the ball burned and its roots crackled in the flame. As 
when a smith dips a great axe or adze into cold water, 
hissing loud, to temper it, —for that is strength to iron, 
— so hissed his eye about the olive stake. A hideous roar 
he raised; the rock resounded; we hurried off in terror. 
He wrenched the stake from out his eye, all dabbled with 
the blood, and flung it from his hands in frenzy. Then 
he called loudly on the Cyclops who dwelt about him in 
the caves, along the windy heights. They heard his cry, 
and ran from every side, and standing by the cave they 
asked what ailed him : 

“¢ What has come on you, Polyphemos, that you 
screamed so in the immortal night, and thus kept us 
from sleeping? Is a man driving off your flocks in spite 
of you? Is aman murdering you by craft or force ?’ 

“Then in his turn from out the cave big Polyphemos 
answered: ‘Friends, Noman is murdering me by craft. 
Force there is none.’ 

“ But answering him in winged words they said: ‘If no 
man harms you, then, and you are alone, illness which 
comes from mighty Zeus you cannot fly. But make your 


prayer to your father, Lord Poseidon.’ 
20 x 


306 OAYSSEIAS> L 


“OAs dp’ ébav amvovtes, éuov 8’ éyéXaoce dirov Kh 
p ye 7 Kp, 


e BA > 3 / > \ \ an > / 

@s vow’ éEarratnoey emov Kai phtTis apvpov. 
Kirroy o¢ otevdyor te kal wdivev ddvvyet, 
xepot Wnrapowy, aro pév riOov etre Ovpdwr, 

» ea. > > 4 / val / 
autos 8 elvl Ovpnot Kabéfero yeipe metTaccas, 
el Twd Tov pet’ derot AGBor otelyovta Ovpate: 

tA , , > » Mowry See.. \ / s 
oUTw yap Tov mw’ HAmeT’ evil dpeot vytrioy eivat. 
> \ > \ 4 iid wy 2 bd ' 
avTap éyw BovXrevov, Orws by’ dpiota yévoiTo, 
yy ope / , , »O9 b] 3 n 
el Tw’ étalpotow Oavatov AVow HS Epol avT@e 
¢ / , \ / \ n ec 
evpoiunv: mavras 5é ddXouvs Kal whtw vpawor, 
4 a , \ \ > / 9 
@s Te Tepl Wuyts* péeya yap KaKov éyyiOev ev. 
f U 
Hoe S€ por Kata Ouvupov apiotn dhaiveto Bovadn. 
A 
dpoeves bres Hoav éevtpedpées, Sacvuardrol, 
/ , > ‘\ s 4 
Karol Te peyarou Te, lodvedés elpos ExovTes* 
Tovs axéwy avvéepyov évatpepéerot AVyoLoL, 

a \ 
ths ére Kixrow edde rédap, abeulotia cidas, 

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ovvTpes aivipevos' Oo pev ev péow avdpa pépecke, 

nt ? » EK 4 e ‘ 7 , e id 
T@ 8 étépw ExatepOev itnvy cwovTes éTaipous. 

Cal \ 7 4 Sie 4 / > \ > , 
tpeis 5€ Exactov PaT dies hépov avTap éyw YEé, 
> \ \ + / : Re Be | e , 
apveios yap env, pnrwv oy’ apioTos aTravTar, 

-” \ lal \ / e \ y.9 2r 0 \ 
TOV KaTa vata AaBwv, Nacinv UTO yaoTEp EdvaTCEIs 
Keiunv: avTap yepoly awrov Becrecioto 
vorepéws otpepbels eyounv teTrnoTt Oupo. 

&s tore pev otevaxovtes éuelvayev "Hd Siar. 

"Hyos 8” npvyévera pavn pododaxruros ’Has, 

\ f $97 / 3o/ ” na 
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lé egies J / ? / \ , 
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ovlata yap chapayevvto. avak 8’ oddvyot Kakhoe 
TELPOMEVOS TAaYT@V Olav éTEe“aleTO VATA 
bd a e f \ \ / > Eee f 
opbav éxtadtwv: TO Sé vyTLos ovK évencer, 


ee oe ae ee oe 


eo Se ee 


THE ODYSSEY, IX. 807 


“This said, they went their way, and in my heart I 
laughed — my name, that clever notion, so deceived them. 
But now the Cyclops, groaning and in agonies of anguish, 
by groping with his hands took the stone off the door, yet 
sat himself inside the door holding his hands outstretched, 
to catch whoever issued forth among the sheep ; for in his 
mind he doubtless hoped that I should be so silly. But 
I was planning how it best might come about that I should 
win escape from death both for my men and me. So 
many a plot and scheme I framed, as for my life; great 
danger was at hand. Then to my mind this seemed the 
wisest way: some rams were there of a good breed, thick 
in the fleece, handsome and large, bearing a dark blue 
wool. These silently I bound together with the twisted 
willow withes on which the giant Cyclops slept, —the 
brute, —taking three sheep together. One, in the mid- 
dle, carried the man; the other two walked by the sides, 
keeping my comrades safe. Thus three sheep bore each 
man. Then for myself — there was a ram, by far the best 
of all the flock, whose back I grasped, and curled beneath 
his shaggy belly there I lay, and with my hands twisted 
in that extraordinary fleece I steadily held on, with pa- 
tient heart. Thus, then, with sighs, we awaited the sacred 
Dawn. 

“Now when the early rosy-fingered Dawn appeared, 
the rams soon hied to pasture, but the ewes bleated un- 
milked about the pens, for their udders were well-nigh 
bursting. Their master, racked with grievous pains, felt 
over the backs of all the sheep as they stood up, but fool- 
ishly did not notice how under the breasts of the woolly 


308 OAYSSEIAS I. 


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vaTatos apveos pnrov Erterye Ovpate, 
Adv oTEWopuevos Kal euol TuKWa dpovéovTL. 


tov 8° éripacodpevos mpocéhn Kxpatepos Ilorddnpuos* 
‘ Kpce wérov, ti oot de Sia orréos éxovo pjov 


C4 LA / / 4 IA 
UoTaTos ; OU TL Mapos ye AedEtppevos Epyear Olav, 
GNA TOAD TPaTos véueat Tépev’ dvOca troins 
paxpa BiBas, mp@tos Sé pods wotapav adixdvess, 
mpatos 6¢ ota0uovde AiAaleat atrovéec Oar 
éorrépios* viv aite mavictatos. % ov y dvaKTos 
opOarpov robées, Tov avip KaKds éEaddace 
avy duypois érdpotot, Sayacodpevos dpévas oivy, 
Odris, bv ob} re dyu mepuypévov eivat drcOpor. 
et 57 ouoppovéors moTipwvyers Te yévoLo 
> a ic4 “ 2 / > / 
eltrety Stray Kelvos e€uov pévos HracKkaler* 
T@ KE ol eyKépards ye Sua oéos aAdvOis GAAN 
/ e / \ ” ” \ / ? ? ee ipl 

Oewopéevov paiorro mpos ovdei, Kad Sé x’ euov Kip 
Awhyoee KAKOV, TA pot oVTLOaVdS Tropev OTIS.’ 

“Qs eir@v tov Kpiov amo €o wéwre Odipate. 
éXOovtes 8’ HBatov ard orelovs Te Kal addris 

a e > > n / e / 9 oe / 
TpOTOS UT apvelod Avdounv, UTédAvaa 8’ éEraipous. 
kapTaripws S€ Ta phra tavairobda, wiova dno, 
TONAL TepiTpotréovres éXavvopev, Shp’ éml vija 
ixoped’> domdovor Se dirow érdpovor pavnper, 
ot piyowev Oavarov+ rods S€ crevayovto youvTes. 
GN’ éy@ ovK« elwv, ava 8’ ddpict vedov ExaoTo, 
Kralew* Gd’ éxédevoa Bods KadXitpiya pia 
MOAN év vyi Baddvtas émimdeiv drdmvpov bdwp. 
ot 8’ aly eicBawov Kat él Krnior Kabifov: 


445 


470 


THE ODYSSEY, IX. 309 


sheep men had been fastened. Last of the flock, the ram 
walked to the door, cramped by his fleece and me the 
crafty plotter; and feeling him over, big Polyphemos said : 

“¢What, my pet ram! Why do you move across the 
cave the hindmost of the flock? ‘Till now you were not 
wont to lag behind, but you were always first to crop 
the tender blooms of grass, making long strides; you 
were the first to reach the running streams, and the first 
to wish to turn back to the stall at night: yet here you 
are the last. Ah, but you miss your master’s eye, which 
a villain has put out,—he and his vile companions, — 
subduing my wits with wine. Noman it was, and I can 
tell him he has not yet got clear of death. If only you 
could take my part, and find the power of speech to say 
where he is skulking from my rage, then should that brain 
of his, battered about the cave this way and that, be 
dashed upon the ground. So might my heart recover from 
the ills which miserable Noman brought upon me.’ 

“ As he said this, from out his hand he let the ram go 
forth ; and after we were come a little distance from the 
cave and from the yard, first from beneath the ram I freed 
myself, and then set free my comrades. So at quick pace 
we drove away those long-legged sheep, loaded with fat, 
many times turning round, until we reached the ship. A 
welcome sight we seemed to our dear friends, as men 
escaped from death. Yet for the others they began to 
weep and wail; but this I did not suffer, and by my 
frowns I checked their weeping. Instead, I bade them 
quickly toss the many fleecy sheep into the ship, and 
sail away over the briny water. Forthwith they came, 


310 OAYSSEIAS I. 


é&ns 8° ELopevor modunv ara tvrTov épeTpois. 
3 AER 4 / > “ iA / / 
Grn bte tToccov anv docov Te yéywve Bonoas, 

\ PB, AB) 5 7 / / . 
kal TOT éyo Kixrwra tpoonviwv KepTopioict 

‘ Kixror, otx dp’ Euedres avdd«idos avdpos étaipous 
éSuevar ev omht yAadhup@ Kpatephds Bindt. 476 
kal Ainv oé y Ewerre KiynoecOar KaKa Epya, 
oxéTN’, émel Ecivous ody aleo o@ evi oixw 
éobéuevat’ TH ce Zeds ticato Kal Oeol arrow.’ 

“Ds ébdunv, o 8 erevta yorwoato Knpods padrov: 
he 8’ aroppnEas Kopudyv bpeos peyddoo, 481 
Kad 8’ Bare mpomdpoiWe veos KvavoTrp@poto 

he 4 
[turOov, edednoev 8’ ointov axpov ixéc@at]. 
BJ 4 \ / / e \ /, 
exdvcOn S€ Odracca KaTEpxYomevns VITO TETPNS* 
thy 8 ally nreipovde TadippoOtov pépe Koma, 485 
\ > U / \ / Pe 
TAnpupis €« Tovtow, Oéuwce Sé yépoov iKéc bas. 

> \ > a 7 A / \ 
avTap éym xelperot AaBwv TepiunKea KOVTOV 
> / e / 9.2 4 > +f 
@oa TapéE: étdpotot 8° éerrotpivas éxédevoa 
> / , i a e ? 3 / 4 
éuBaréew xomns, wv’ im éx Kaxornta dvyowper, 

Kpatl KaTavevwv' ot d€ mpotecdyTes epeccor, 490 
b > \ \ / ef / > A 

GXN OTe bn Sls TOTTOV aa TPHTCGOVTES ATHpEV, 

Kal ToT’ éya Kixrwra mpocnviov: audi 8’ éraipor 
perrsylows éréeoow épytvov aAdobev ad2Xos°* 

‘Syéetde, tit eBérews épcOiléwev aypiov avdpa ; 

a / a 
Os Kal viv trovTovde Barwv Bédros Hyaye via 495 

9 >? bd \ \ / > TA. 3 / 
avTis és Hreipov, Kal 8) hapev avToO’ oréc Oar. 
el 5€ hOcyEapévov tev  avdjnoavtos aKovce, 

4, x > ¢ f, \ \ , an 
avy Kev apak huéwv Keharas Kal viva Sovpa 

‘ b] “ , , \ vA ? 
pappap@ oxpioevte Barwv: toccov yap inow. 
\ a 
“Qs pacav, aN ov TreiMov euov peyadynTopa Ovpor, 500 


THE ODYSSEY, IX. 311 


took places at the pins, and, sitting in order, smote the 
foaming water with their oars. But when I was as far 
away as one can call, I shouted to the Cyclops in derision: 

*** Cyclops, no weakling’s comrades you were destined 
to devour in the great cave, with brutal might. But it 
was destined your bad deeds should find you out, auda- 
cious wretch, that did not hesitate to eat the guests within ~ 
your house! For this did Zeus chastise you, — Zeus and 
the other gods.’ 

“So I spoke, and he thereat was angered in his heart 
the more; and wrenching off the crest of a high hill, he 
flung it at us. Down it fell before the dark-bowed ship a _ 
little space, but failed to reach the rudder’s tip. The sea 
surged underneath the stone as it came down, and swiftly 
toward the land the wash of water swept us, like a flood- 
tide from the deep, and forced us to the shore. I took a 
long pole in my hand and shoved our vessel off; and 
cheering on my men, [ bade them fall to the oars that we 
might flee from danger, — with my head making signs, — 
and bending forward on they rowed. When we had trav- 
ersed twice the distance on the sea, then to the Cyclops 
would I call; but my men, gathering round, sought with 
mild words to stay me, each in his separate wise : 

“<Q reckless man, why do you seek to vex this savage, 
who but even now, hurling a missile in the deep, drove our 
ship back to shore? We verily thought that time that we 
were lost. And had he heard a man make but a sound 
or speak, he would have crushed our heads and our ships’ 
beams, by hurling jagged granite; for he can send so far.’ 

‘So they spoke, and still they did not move my daring 


312 OAYSSEIAS I. 


GAA uv arvoppov mpocépynv KexoTnoTL Bupa: 
‘ Kixrow, ai xév tis oe xatabyntav avOpoTrev 
dpOarwod elpntar devkedXinv aaron, 
paicbar Odvocija mrodimopOiov éEadadcat, 
viov Aaéptew, “I0axn eve oixi’ &yovta. 505 
“Ds épdunv, o 5é pw oipdEas jyeiBeto pt0a- 
‘@ moro, } para 64 we twaraipata Céodhal’ ixaver 
Exe Tis evOdde paytis avnp nds Te péyas Te, 
Tyrepwos Evpupidns, ds pavtoctvn éxéxacto 
Kal pavTevouevos Kateynpa Kuxdorecow 510 
bs pot bn Tabde TavtTa TedevTHcETOaL dTicco, 
xeipav €& 'Odvaojos dpapticecOat drrwiris. 
GXX’ altel twa gota péyav Kal Kadov édéypynv 
év0dd’ eNedoecOar, peyadnv érveipévov arxrv* 
vov 6é pw éwv drgJLyos Te Kal odtidavds Kal adxiKUS 515 
OpOarpod drdwoev, éret p? Sapdocato oive. 
GXW’ dye Sedp’, "Odvced, va tor map Felvia elo, 
Topmny T oTptve Sopevat KAUTOV évvociyatov* 
ToD yap éy® Trais eipl, matnp 8’ ewos evyeTat elvar. 
avtos 8’, ai x’ éOérno’, inoeras, oddé Tis ANOS 520 
ovTe Oedv paxdpov ote Ovntov avOpwrwv.’ 
“Qs épar’, adtap eyo pw dperBdopevos mpocéertrov* 
‘at yap 8) »~Wuyis te Kat aidvos ce Suvaipnv 
ety Troinoas tréprbvat Sdopov ”Ardos eica, 
@s ovk ObOarporv ry inoetar od8’ évoolybwv.’ 525 
“Ds ébayny, 0 8 &revra Tloceddv avaxtt 
evyeTo, yelp’ dpéyav eis odpavoy aorepoevTa* 
‘ Kr001, TToceidaov yainoye, kvavoyaira: 
el éredv ye ods eps, matnp 8 éuods edyeas elval, 
dos pi) Odvccia wrodumdpOwv olkad’ ixécOa 530 


THE ODYSSEY, IX. 313 


spirit; I called aloud again out of an angry heart: ‘Cy- 
clops, if ever a mortal man asks you the story of the 
ugly blinding of your eye, say that Odysseus made you 
blind, the spoiler of citics, Laértes’ son, who dwells in 
Ithaka.’ 

“So I spoke, and with a groan he answered thus: ‘ Ah, 
surely now the ancient oracles are come upon me! Here 
once a prophet lived, a noble man and mighty, Telemos, 
son of Eurymos, who by his prophecies had won renown, 
and in prophetic works grew old among the Cyclops. He 
told me all these things should come to pass in after time, 
—.that I should lose my sight by means of one Odys- 
seus; but I was always watching for the coming of some 
tall and comely person, somebody clad with mighty power ; 
and now a little miserable feeble creature blinded me 
of my eye, after subduing me with wine. Still, come, 
draw nigh, Odysseus, and let me give the stranger’s gift, 
and urge the famous Land-shaker to grant safe conduct 
home. His son am I; he calls himself my father. He, 
if he will, shall heal, and none else can, whether among 
the blessed gods or mortal men.’ 

‘So he spoke, and answering him said I: ‘ Ah, would I 
could as surely strip you of life and being and send you 
to the house of Hades, as it is sure the Earth-shaker will 
never heal your eye! ’ 

“So I spoke; thereat he prayed to Lord Poseidon, 
stretching his hands forth toward the starry heaven: 
‘Hear me, O thou that compassest the land, dark-haired 
Poseidon! If I am truly thine, and thou dost call thy- 
self my father, vouchsafe no coming home to this Odys- 


314 OAYSSEIAS I. 


[viov Aagptew, ‘“I0dxn evi oixi’ éyovral. 

GN el of poip’ éotl dirovs 7 idéew Kal ixéoOau 

oixov évxtiwevoyv Kal énv és tatpida yaar, 

Owe Kaxds EMoL, ONoas aro mavtTas Eraipous, 

vnos én’ addotpins, etpot 8’ év mijpata olke. 
“Qs éfar’ ebyowevos, Tod 8 éxAve Kvavoyairns* 

avtap 6 ¥ é€abdtis Todd peifova Adav delpas 

i éeridiwynoas, émépece Sé iv’ drédeOpor, 

Kad 8° éBarev petoricbe veds Kvavorrpapoto 

tuTOov, edednoev 8’ oinuov axpov ixéoOar. 


exhiaOn S€ Oddacca Katepyouévyns vd tTétpns* 


Thy S€ Tpocw hépe Kidpa, Oéuwoe Sé yépoor ixécOar. 
GN Ste 87 THY vicov adikoucb’, Eva wep adrAdaL 


n Nf / c / > \ ae rn 
vhes eUocedpoe pévov dPpoat, audi 8’ ératpor 
elat ddupdpevol, Hwéas TroTWéypevot aicl, 
via pev ev’ erXOovres éxéXcapev ev apalo.ow, 
éx 5é kal avtol Biyev emt pynypive Oadrdoons. 
para S&¢ Kixrwrros yAadupis é« vnos édovtes 
Saccapecd’, ws pun Tis wor aTEeUPopevos Klow tons. 
BJ \ - er \ ” > / Py e al 
apveov 6’ éuol oim éevevynpdes ératpot 
unrov Saopevav Socav éEoyas tov 8’ tri Ow 
Znvi ncerawedés Kpovidn, ds racw avaccet, 

” povidy 
es Ae 4 e b] > > , Ce 
péEas ppt’ Exavov: o 8’ ovK« éumrdleto ipar, 
GAN 6 ye pepunpifev Orrws arrodolaTo Tacat 
vies eVooeApor Kal éuol épinpes Etraipor. — 

A , \ , 9 > xf f 
&>s TOTe péev TpoTay Huap és HédALOV KaTAadUYTA 
4 Ul 4 9) 8 \ / COs 
nucla Sawwdpevot Kpéa T adometa Kal péOv HOdv* 
nos 8° nédAtos KaTédv Kal él Kvédas HrOe, 

5%) ToTe KounOnuev él pnypive Oaracons. 
Hos 8 Hpiyéveca pavn pododaxturos ’Hos, 


545 


a SS ee ae, a ee 


THE ODYSSEY, IX. 315 


seus, spoiler of cities, Laértes’ son, who dwells in Ithaka. 
Yet if it be his lot to see his friends, and reach his stately 
house and native land, late let him come, in evil plight, 
with loss of all his crew, on the vessel of a stranger, and 
may he at his home find trouble.’ 

“Thus did he speak and pray, and the dark-haired god 
gave ear. Again lifting a stone much larger than before, 
he swung and sent it, and he put forth stupendous power. 
Down fell the stone behind the dark-bowed ship a little 
space, but failed to reach the rudder’s tip. The sea 
surged underneath the stone as it came down, but the 
wave swept us forward and helped us to our shore. 

‘“‘ Now when we reached the island where our other well- 
benched ships waited together, and their crews sat round 
them full of sorrow, watching continually for us, —as we 
ran in, we beached our ship among the sands, and forth 
we went ourselves upon the sea-shore. Then taking the 
Cyclops’ sheep from out the hollow ship, we parted all, 
that none might go lacking his proper share. The ram 
my mailed companions set apart for me alone, a mark of 
special honor in the division of the flock ; and on the shore 
I offered him to Zeus of the dark cloud, the son of Kro- 
nos, who is the lord of all, burning to him the thighs. 
But he did not regard the sacrifice ; instead, he purposed 
that my well-benched ships should all be lost, and all my 
trusty comrades. Thus, then, throughout the day till set- 
ting sun, we sat and feasted on abundant meat and the 
sweet wine; but when the sun went down and darkness 
came, we laid us down upon the beach. Then as the early 


316 . OAYS3EIA2 I 


\ Pee See, SS e / 3 , » Ma 
8} ToT éyav Erdpotow étroTpUvas éxédevoa 
avtovs 7 apBaivew avd Te Tpvpyvncia doAL. 
of 8 al’ eiaBawov cal ert Kdrniot Kabifor, 
éEfs 8’ ELopevor wokunv ada TUTTOV épeTpois. 

“EvOev S€ mpotépw mwréopev akaxnpevor HTop, 
7 2 Wy. } 2 Sas) 
dopevor x Oavdtowo, pirovs OAEcavTES ETALpoUS. 


THE ODYSSEY, IX. 317 


rosy-fingered Dawn appeared, rousing my men, I bade 
them come on board and loose the cables. Quickly they 
came, took places at the pins, and, sitting in order, smote 
the foaming water with their oars. 

“ Thence we sailed on, with aching hearts, glad to be 


clear of death, though missing our good comrades.” 
22 *. 


OAYSSEIAS K, 
Ta wept Aiddov xal Aarrpvydvev kal K(pxns. 


Aiorinv 8’ és vicov adixopc’> &Oa 8’ evarev 
Aioros ‘Immordéns, piros abavatouct Oeoiat, 
TrwWTH évi viow: Twacav Sé TE piv Tépt TeEtyos 
, v \ > > 6 / 
xadKeov appnKTov, Moon 8’ avadédpome TéTpN. 
Tov Kal dHdexa Traides evil peyapols yeydacw, 
&& pev Ouyartépes, && 8’ vices jBwovres. 
iM” Mi / / ct, > > 4 
év0’ & ye Ovyatépas wopev vidow eivat axoitis. 
ot 8’ aiel mapa watpl dirt@ kal pntépe Kedv7, 
Saivuvtat: mapa S€ odw ovelata pupia Keira, 
kvione 5é te SHua Tepiotevaylferar avrAH 
+ 4 > 9 ? ’ / 3 / 
Hpata’ vuxtas 8 avte tap aidoins adoyourw 
40) ee. / > oe a 
evdovo’ év te Tdmnot Kal év TpnToicr NéyeroL. 
Kal pev Tov ikdpecOa TOW Kal dmpata Kara. 
phva Oé mdvra pire pe Kal éEepéewev Exacta, 
"Tov ’Apyelwv te véas kal voorov "Ayaav: 
avTap éyo TO TdvTa KaTa poi, NeF. 
vTap eyo T4 a KaTa poipay KaTédcEa. 
GXN bre 6n Kal éywov oddv Freov 75° éxédXevov 


TepTréuev, OVOE TL KEivVOS avAvaTo, Tedye Sé Tommy. 


dake 5é pw’ Exdelpas aoKov Bods évvewpoto, 
év0a Sé Buxtdov avépov Kxatédnoe KérevOa: 
Keivoy yap Taminv avéuwv troince Kpoviovr, 
> \  & 2Ae 9 4 td 3m F 

nev Tavéwevar 7d opvimev bv K eOéryoL. 
vyni 8 évi yraduph xaréder wept hacw7 
> , 
apyupén, wa py TL Tapatrvedon Odiyov Tep* 


10 





X. 
AIOLOS, THE LAISTRYGONIANS, AND CIRCE. 


“WE now drew near the island of Aiolia, where Aiolos, 
the son of Hippotas, one dear to the immortal gods, dwelt 
on a floating island. All round it is a wall of bronze, not 
to be broken through, and the cliff rises sheer. Twelve 
children have been born to him within his house, six 
daughters and six sturdy sons, and here he gave his 
daughters to his sons to be their wives. With their loved 
father and dear mother they hold continual feasting ; 
beside them countless viands lie; the steaming house 
resounds by day even to its court, but in the night they 
sleep by their chaste wives under the coverlets on corded 
beds. Their city it was we reached, their goodly dwelling. 
For a full month he made me welcome, and he questioned 
me of all, of Ilios, the Argive ships, and the return of the 
Achaians. So I related to him all the tale in its due 
order. And when I furthermore asked him about my 
journey and entreated him for aid, he did not say me nay, 
but made provision for my going. He gave me a sack, — 
flaying therefor a nine-year ox,—and in it bound the 
courses of the blustering winds; for the son of Kronos 
made him steward of the winds, to stay or rouse which 
one he would. Upon my hollow ship he tied the sack 
with a bright cord of silver, that not a breath might stir, 
however slight. Then for my aid he sent the west wind 


320 OAYSSEIAS K. 


> \ > \ * rd / 3A 
avTap éuol mvoinv Zepivpov mpoenkev ahvat, 
ddhpa dépor vids Te Kal avdtovs: ovd’ dp’ Ewedrev 
€xTehéely' avTaV yap atrwroucd’ adpadinow. 

A ¢ al > 

"Evvijpap mév owas wréopev viKTas Te Kal Huap, 
TH dexatn 8’ dn avehaiveto tatpis dpovpa, 

\ \ / > / > \ a7 
kal 62 Wuptodéovtas éhevooopmey eyryvs EovTES. 
év0” ewe pev yAuKvs Urvos éerndrv0e KekuneTa* 

> \ , \ eH A 2O/ ELA 
aie yap moda vnos évapav, o5é TH AAO 

na 9 ¢ + Y a Hare’. / in 
bay’ érdpov, va Cacoov tKoipeOa tratpida yaiav: 
of 8’ Grapo. éréecou Tpos AAAjAovS ayopevor, 

‘ > ww Ld EA ” ey 
kai pw’ ébacav ypvoov Te Kal dpyupov olkad’ ayer Oa, 
Sapa map Aicodov peyadyropos ‘“Immordéao* 

@de dé Tis eltreckey Lowy és mAnciov adXov* 
fad t / 

‘‘ momo, ws be Tact didros Kal Tipios éoTiv 
> , ¢ , / \ vad v 
avOpaTrois, STewv Te TOW Kal yaiav iknTat. 
moda pev €« Tpolns ayetar Keimnria Kara 
Anidos: ayes 8’ adre ony odov éxTedeoavTes 
oixade viccoueba Keveds adv yelpas exorTes. 
kai vov ot Tad’ &wKxe yapilopevos PidornTt 
Aioros. arr aye Odooov idwpeOa ortt Tad’ éotly, 
baco0s Tis Ypuads Te Kal apyupos aoK@ eveoTW. 

“Qs Epacav, BovrAr Sé Kak) viknoev éTaipwr* 
> \ \ a ” . 3 4 ba 
aoKov péev ADoav, avewor 8’ éx TavTes Gpovoar, 
tovs 8’ ai dprdtaca dépev rovrovde Ovedra 

/ / 4 / > \ > / 
KNalovtas, yalns ato Tatpisos* avTap éye ye 
éypouevos Kata Ovpov autpova pepunpita 
>\ \ > \ ’ / ea" , 
née Tec@y EK Vnos aTropPUiuny evi TovTe, 
 akéwv Trainv Kal ett Cwotor peretnv. 
> > yy / pe 
GN érAnv Kal Ewewa, Kadrviyapevos 8’ evi vnt 

e 
Kelunv> at 8 épépovto Kaxh avéwovo OvérdrAy 


THE ODYSSEY, X. B21 


forth, to blow and bear along my ships and men. But 
this was not to be; by our own folly we were lost. 

“‘Nine days we sailed, as well by night as day. At last, 
upon the tenth, our native fields appeared, and we were 
now so near we saw men tending fires. Then sweet sleep 
overcame me, wearied as I was; for all the time I had 
been managing the vessel’s sheet; and I had yielded it to 
no one else among the crew, that so we might the sooner 
reach our native land. Meanwhile my men began to talk 
with one another, and to tell how I was bringing gold 
and silver home as gifts from Aiolos, the generous son of 
Hippotas; and glancing at his neighbor, one would say: 

“<TLo, how this man is welcomed and esteemed by all 
mankind, come to whose town and land he may! He 
brings a store of goodly treasure back from Troy, out of 
its booty; while we, who toiled along the selfsame road, 
come home with empty hands. Now also Aiolos has given 
him gifts in lavish kindness. Come, then, and let us 
quickly see what there is here, and how much gold and 
silver the sack holds.’ 

“Such was their talk, and the ill counsel of the crew 
prevailed; they loosed the sack, and out rushed all the 
winds. Straightway a sweeping storm drove off to sea 
my weeping comrades, off from their native land. And I, 
awaking, hesitated in my gallant heart whether to cast my- 
self out of the ship into the sea and perish there, or saying 
nothing to endure and bide among the living. I forced 
myself to stay; covering my head, I lay upon my ship, the 
while the ships were driven by the cruel storm of wind 
back to the island of Aiolia, my comrades sighing sore. 


322 OAYSSEIAS K. 


avtis én’ Aiodrinv vicov, orevdyovto 8’ éraipo.. 55 

"Evoa &’ én’ iyrelpov Biwev nal advocdpcd’ dap, 
alia 5é Seirvov édovto Bohs mapa vnvoly étaipor. 
avuTap émel citow te TacacdpeO’ Hdé ToTHTOS, 

52) TOT éym KipuKa T OTaccdmevos Kal étatpor, 

Biv eis Atodov KduTa Sopyata: Tov 8’ éxiyavov 60 
Sawipevov Tapa § 7 adOyw Kal olow Téxecou. 
EXOovtes 8’ és SOpa Tapa octaOpoiow én’ ovdod 
éCoueO’> of 8’ ava Oupov éOduBeov ex 7’ EpéovTo: 

‘ IIas 70s, "Oduced; tis Tor Kaxos éypae Saipor ; 
% pév o évduxéws arrerréwrroper, dbp av ixnat 65 
matpioa onv Kal Sapa, Kal el tov Tor dirovy éativ, 

“Qs dacav: abtap éym petepwveov ayvipevos Khp* 
‘dacdy p Erapol te KaKol mpos Tolcl Te vrvos 
ayéTAos. Gdn axécacbe, hiror- Stdvayis yap év viv.’ 

“Ds épapnv paraxoior cabamropevos étréecow' 70 
of 8’ dvew éyévovto* trathp 8’ jpeiBero pve 
‘épp éx vyncov Oaccor, éhéyyiote SwovTwv’ 
od yap por Oéuis éoti Kopsléwev ovd’ arovéumrew 
dvipa tov bs Ke Oeoiow amréyOntar pakdpecou. 
épp’, émel AOavdtocw amex Oopevos 70d’ ixavers.’ 75 

SOs elréw drrérepwmre Sduwv Bapéa orevdéxovta. 
évOev Sé mpotépw Wréopev akaynpevor Hrop. 
telpetro 8’ avdpav Ouvpos im’ eiperins adeyewis 
huetépn atin, érel ovxéts haiveto Tommy. 

‘Efjuap pev ouas mréopev vixtas Te Kal Huaps 80 
EBSouarn §’ ixopecOa Adpov aimd mrodieOpor, 
Tnrérvrov Aatotpuvyovinv, 60 mowéva Trownv 
hrver eicerdwv, 0 Sé 7 e&eAdwv brraKovet. 
évOa x’ autvos avnp Soods éEjxpato puiabovs, 


THE ODYSSEY, X. 823 


“So here we came to land and drew us water, and soon 
by the swift ships my men prepared a meal. Then after 
we had tasted food and drink, taking a herald and a com- 
rade with me, I turned me toward the famous house of 
Aiolos. I found him at the feast, beside his wife and 
children. We entered the hall and sat down by the door- 
posts on the threshold, and they all marveled in their 
hearts and questioned us: 

““* How came you here, Odysseus? What evil god 
assailed you? With care we sent you forth, hoping that 
you might reach your land and home, or wheresoever was 
your pleasure.’ 

“So they spoke, and with an aching heart I answered: 
‘A wicked crew betrayed me — they and a cruel sleep. 
But heal my woes, my friends; the power is yours.’ 

“So I spoke, appealingly, in humble words. Then all 
the rest kept silence, but the father answered thus: ‘Out 
of the island instantly, vilest of all that live! I may not 
aid or send upon his way a man who is detested by the 
blessed gods. Begone! for you are here because detested 
by the immortals.’ 

*“ Therewith he turned me loud lamenting from his 
door. Thence we sailed on, with aching hearts. Worn 
grew the spirit of my men under the heavy rowing, ¢aused 
by our folly too; aid on our way appeared no more. 

“Six days we sailed, as well by night as day, and on the 
seventh we came to the steep hold of Lamos, Telepylos 
in Laistrygonia, where shepherd greets shepherd leading 
home his flock, and the other answers leading forth his 
own. Here might a man who never slept have earned 


324 OAYSSEIAS K. 


Tov pev Boveodéwv, Tov 8’ dpyvda pra vopedtov* 
éyyvs yap vuKTos Te Kal HwaTos elou KédevOor. 
év0’ éret és Auyuéva KAvTOV HrAOopmer, dv Tépt TéTpN 
nriBatos TeTUYNKE Siaptrepées apporépwler, 
axtat ¢ mpoBAntes évavtiar ad\AnAnow 
év oTouats mpovyovaw, apa) 8’ elaodds éotw, 
4 > 7 ’ y / ” 4 > / 
&v0” of y elow tavtes éxov véas aphieriocas. 
at pev ap evtocbev Aupévos Kotdovo SédevTO 
/ > \ 4 a, 3 £ a / by > > a 
TAnoiat: ov pev yap mor aékeTo Kipa ry ev avTo, 
‘ovTe wey ovT’ Orlyov, AevKH 8’ Hv aphl yarn. 
avTap éyav olos oyé0ov ew via pédawayr, 
avtTov én’ éoyatin, wétTpns éK Teicpata Syoas* 
éxrnv S¢ cKxomuny és TatTadvecoay aveOor. 
év0a pev ovte Body ov avdpav daiveto épya, 
xatrvov 8’ olov op@pev amd yOovos aicoovTa. 
\ crs) > \ € / of. 4 7 
57 Tor’ éyav éTtdpovs mpoley tev0ecOat iovras 
7 2... ¥. 3 > \ a »” 
ot Ties avépes eiev él YOovi cirov edovTes, 
A Ud / / / EN Ae eA / 
avope Svo Kpivas, Tplratov Kypvy’ aw oTdccas. 
ot 8’ loav éxBavres relnv odor, 4% Twep apuakat 
dotud’ ad’ tiynrOv opéwv Katayiveov brnv. 
/ \ 4 4 »” e / 
Kovpn 5é EvuBAnvTo mpd aoTeos Udpevovon, 
Ovyatép’ ipOiun Aastotpuvyovos *Avtiparao. 
e \ + Be / , , 
7) pev ap és Kpnvnv KateBnoeTo KaddupécOpov 
"Aptraxinv: &0ev yap tdwp mpott doru hépecxov: 
ot S€ mapictdpevor mpooepaoveov, ex Tt’ épéovTo 
ds Tis TVS’ ein Bacidedls Kal olow davdooot. 
9 Sé wan abrika marpos éréppadey inpepepés SO. 
ot 8 érel eiahd\Oov KrvTa Sapata, THv Oe yuvatka 


evpov bonv Tt Gpeos ‘Kopudiy, ‘Kata 8’ €orvyov “avTiy. 


“9 8 aly é& ayophs €eadrer krurdv ’Avtodarha, 


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105 


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THE ODYSSEY, X. 325 


a double wage,— this herding kine, that tending silvery 
sheep; so close are the outgoings of the night and day. 
Now when we reached the splendid harbor, — round which 
the rock lies steep, unbroken all the way, and the project- 
ing cliffs, facing each other, stretch forward at the mouth, 
and narrow is the entrance, — into the basin all the rest 
steered their curved ships, and so the ships lay in the 
hollow harbor close-anchored, side by side; for no wave 
swelled within it, large or small, but a clear calm was all 
around. Now I alone kept my black ship without the 
harbor, there at the point, lashing my cables to the rock. 
Then climbing up, I took my stand on a high point of 
outlook. From it no work of man or beast was to be seen, 
save that we saw some smoke arising from the ground. 
So I sent sailors forth to go and learn what men who lived 
by bread dwelt in the land —-selecting two, and joining 
with them a herald as a third. Leaving the ship, they 
followed a beaten road where carts brought timber from 
the lofty hills down to the town below. Outside the town 
they met a maiden drawing water, —the stately daughter 
of the Laistrygonian Antiphates. She had come down 
to the clear-flowing fountain of Artakia, forthenee they 
used to fetch the water forthe town. So my men, draw- 
ing near, addressed her and inquired who was the king 
of the folk here and over whom he ruled. At once she 
_ pointed to her father’s high-roofed house. But they when 
they had entered the great hall, found there «a woman 
huge as a mountain peak; at her they »were aghast. 
Forthwith she called from the assembly-place noble An- 


326 OAYSSEIAS K. 


dv moaw, Os 6) ToloWw éunoato AVYypoV OrEcOpor. 
> fi 9 ar / c 4 id / é n 
aitiy’ &va papas éTdpwv @Tdlccato Seirvov" 
Tm 6¢ Ov’ ai~avte huyH él vijas ixécOnv. 
> \ c n \ \ ” e $8 £ 
auTap 0 Tedxe Bony dia aoTeos: ot 8’ aiovTes 
gholtav ipOiwor Aavotpuyoves aroOev ad2Xos, 
/ > 4 > I > \ / 

fupiol, ove avdpeccww éoixoTtes, adda Tiyacw. 
7g ee? > \ lA tJ / / 
of p amo mwetpawv avdpaybéot yeppadiois 


Barrov: addhap S€ KaKos KovaBos KaTa vijas dpwpet 


> n” >. / an 9. if > / 
avopov T odA\AUpévMYv vnov OB dua ayvupevder* 
> a > a / > / a / 
tyOds 8’ @s meipovtes atepTréa Saita dhépovrTo. 
opp ot rods Grexov ALpévos TrorUvBevOéos évTds, 
/ > 3 \ > o\ > 4 \ le] 
toppa 5’ eyw Eidos 0&0 épvecduevos Tapa pnpod 
a > \ 4 > wy \ / 
T® amo TelopaT Exorra veds KvavoTpepoto. 
fd > > n e 4, > / > / 
ainpa &’ éuois étdporow érrotptvas éxéNevoa 
> / / vy? e 4 , 4 
éuBaréew xomns, Ww’ br’ éx KaxoTnTa pvyoupev* 
e 
ot 5° dda mdvtes avéppupav, Seicavtes ddeOpov. 
2 / tA: 3 , > , 7 / 
aotraciws 5° és mévTov émnpepéas diye méTpas 
a 5 
vnds €un* avTap at dddrav dodrées avTdO’ OrovTo. 
"EvOev S€ mpotépw mréopev avaynpwevoe Top, 
” . , t ~ 7 e 
dopevor €x Oavdtoto, dirouvs odécavTes ETalpous. 
Aiainv 8 és vicov adixopcd’+ Oa 8’ &vase 
Kipxn évmdoxapos, Sei Peds avddjecoa, 
> / b] / 77 
avTokaciyynTn drooppovos Ainrao: 
dudw 8’ éxyeyatny dacoiuBporov °’Heriowo 
Ul 2? ‘4 \ > \ / “ 
untpos Tt €k Ilépons, thv ‘Qeeavos téxe traida. 
év0a 8 ém” axtis vn KatnyayopecOa ciwTh 
4 ? / / \ id , 
vatroyov és Aipéva, Kai Tis Deds HryEepmovevev. 
évOa tor’ éxBavres S00 7 Huata Kai Svo viKTas 


e a \ 54 
keel’, omod Kauadt@ Te Kal ddyeot Oupov eorTes. 


an’ Ste 52 Tpitoy Huap évTdoKapos Tédeo’ ’Has, 


125 


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144 


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THE ODYSSEY, X. 327 


tiphates, her husband, who sought to bring a cruel death 
upon my men. Straight seizing one, he made his meal of 
him; and the two others, dashing off, came flying to the 
ships. ‘Thereat he raised a cry throughout the town, and 
hearing it, the mighty Laistrygonians gathered from here 
and there, seeming not men, but giants. So from the 
rocks they hurled down ponderous stones; and soon 
amongst the ships arose a dreadful din of murdered men 
and crashing ships. As men spear fish, they gathered in 
their loathsome meal. But while they slaughtered these 
in the deep harbor, I drew my sharp sword from my 
thigh and cut the cables of my dark-bowed ship; and 
quickly cheering on my crew I bade them fall to their 
oars, that we might flee from danger. They all tossed up 
the water with their oars, in terror for their lives, and 
cheerily over the sea, away from the beetling cliff, my 
ship sped on; but all the other ships went down together 
there. 

“Thence we sailed on with aching hearts, glad to be 
clear of death, though missing our dear comrades. And 
now we reached the island of Aiaia, where Circe dwelt, 
a fair-haired, mighty goddess, human of speech. She was 
own sister of the sorcerer Aiétes; both were the children 
of the beaming Sun and of a mother Persé, the daughter 
of Okeanos. Here we bore landwards with our ship and 
ran in silence into a sheltering harbor; some god became 
our guide. We disembarked, and lay two days and nights 
gnawing our hearts because of toil and trouble; but when 
the fair-haired Dawn brought the third day, I took my 


328 OAYSSEIAS K. 


Kal TOT éyov euov eyyos éXwv Kal dadoyavoy o0&) = M5 
KapTanriwes Tapa vyos aynioy és TepiwTny, 
y 4 + a J / / 
el mwas epya iouue Bpotav évorryy te mvOoipnv. 
4 \ \ > f > \ 
éxtnv Sé cKoTTUnY és TalTaddecoay avedbor, 
Kai pot éeloato KaTrvos amd yOovds edpvodeins 
Kipxns év peyapovoe Sia Spupa muKva Kat brqv. 150 
f > \ / \ \ \ 
pepunpiea 8’ érrevta Kata dpéva Kal Kata Oupov 
éNOeciv nde mubécOat, eet idov alOoTra Katvor. 
@de 5é wor ppovéovts Sodccato Képduoy eivat, 
mpar érOovr émt via Sony Kal Ova Oaracons 
delrrvov étaliporow Sdmevat mpoéuev Te TubécPat. 155 
"AN Ste 82) oxEddY Ha Ki@v vEds awhiedicons, 
\ , / n > / a 27 
Kal Tote Tis pe Oedy OAOh’paTo podvoy éovTa, 
Os pad pov inpixepov éxapov péyav eis odov avTHv 
HKEV* O eV ToTapovoe KaTHLEY eK VvoMoU VANS 
, \ 4, 4 / > / 
muoevos' 6) yap pw exev pévos Hed/oLo. 160 
\ Ee RE id t >” ’ A 
Tov © éyo éxBaivovta Kat’ akvnotw péca vata 
mrnea: TO 8’ avtixpd Sopu yarxeov ée€eTrépnoe, 
\ > # » ed / \ > \ >» f 
Kad 8’ éreo’ év Kovinot paxwv, amo 6’ értato Oupos. 
n ee \ , / , / ] >’ Qn 
TO 5’ eyo euBaivev Sopuv xadkeov &E wrerdijs 
> / \ \ 5 / p sian § / 
eipvodunv’ TO pev avOr KataKAlvas él yaty 165 
elas’ avTap éy® oTacayny patrds Te dvyous TE, 
a ? 4 9 9+ > \ 3 / 
meicpa 8’, dcov 7 dpyuiav, évoTpepés ayporépwbev 
TreEdpevos cuvédnca todas Sewvoto tredwpov, 
Biv S€é kataropadera fépwv él vija pédawwar, 
” ? t 2 \ LA «4 LS ee A 
ey Kel EpeLoopevos, ETrel OV TwS HEV ET GLOU 170 
\ Ul uF / A / / 5 
xeupl pépew éTépy* para yap peya Onplov ‘ev. 
/ 
Kad 8’ éBarov mpotdpoe veos, avéyerpa 5’ éTaipous 
perdux lows eméecot Tapactadoyv avipa éxactov* 
°° hiro, od yap Tw Katadvooped’, ayvipevot rep, 


THE ODYSSEY, X. 329 


spear and my sharp sword, and from the ship walked 
briskly up to a place of distant view, hoping to see some 
work of man or catch some voice. So climbing up, I took 
my stand on a high point of outlook, and smoke appeared 
rising from open ground at Circe’s dwelling, through ~ 
some oak thickets and a wood. I hesitated then in mind 
and heart whether to go and search the matter while I 
saw the flaring smoke; yet, on reflecting thus, it seemed 
the better way first to return to the swift ship and to the 
sea-shore ; there give my men a meal, and send them forth 
to search. 

“ But on my way, as I drew near to my curved ship, 
some god took pity on me all forlorn, and sent a great stag 
' with branching horns into my very path. He came down 
to the stream from feeding in the wood to drink, for the 
sun’s power oppressed him. As he stepped out, I struck 
him in the spine midway along the back; the bronze spear 
passed clean through; down in the dust he fell with a 
moan, and his life flew away. Setting my foot upon him 
I drew from the wound the brazen spear, and left it lying 
there upon the ground; then I broke twigs and osiers, 
and wove a rope a fathom long, twisted from end to end, 
with which I bound together the monstrous creature’s 
legs. So across my back I carried him, and I walked to 
the black ship leaning upon my spear, because it was not 
possible to carry him on my shoulder with a single hand ; 
for the beast was very large. I threw him down before 
the ship, and waked my men with cheerful words, standing 
by each in turn: 

“¢ Friends, we shall not go down, for all our sorrows, 


330 OAYSSEIAS XK. 


eis ’Aidao Souous, mply pepoimov juap érédOn. 175 
Grn ayer, opp’ év vn O07 Bpacis Te Toc Te, 
/ , \ , n> 
pvncopeBa Bpaopuns pyndé tpvyapeda ipo. 
“Ds ébdunv, ot & Oka éuois éréeoot TiovTo: 
—ék« O66 Kadvdpevor Tapa Oiv’ adds atpuyéroto 
Onncavt éEdahovs para yap péya Onplov ev. 180 
avTap émel Tdpmncav opmpevor opOarpoiar, 
xetpas vipduevot TedyovT’ épixvdéa daira. 
Hs TOTe wey mpoTray Huap és nédov KaTadvyTa 
4 4 / y. a / e , 
huc0a Sawdpevor Kpéa tT dometa Kai péOv HOdv- 
nuos 8 nédtos Katédu Kal éml Kvédas HrOe, 185 
57) ToTe KoyunOnpev emt pynypive Oadradoons. 
juos 8” npiyévera avn pododaxtunros Hos, 
Kal TOT éyov ayopny Oéwevos peta mao evtrov* 
‘[Kéxruré pev pidov, cand wep maoyovtes étaipou'] 
® hiro, ov yap 7 iduev Orn Codos ovd’ brn Hos, 19 
> > @ > 7+ / . ey ae 3 \ lal 
ovd’ orn HérdLos haeciuBpotos cic’ UT yaiav 
ovd’ Orn avveitar: adrdr\9a dpalopc0a Odor 
yy v9 n Pe ? > ” 9 
el tis 7 Eotar pntiss eyo 8’ ovK olopat eivat. 
eldov yap oKoTuy és maiTadcecoay aveOav 
vicov, THY Tépt TdvTOS aTreipiTos éoTedavwrat’ 195 
> >> \ A na \ 9 24 / 
avtn dé yOauyady Keitar: Kxarvov 8 evil péoon 
ESpaxov opOarpoior Sia Spupa rucva kal Hrnv. 
“Ds ébaunv, totow 8 KatexracOn dirov Frop 
/ ” / > / 
pvncapévos epywv Aatotpvyovos ’Avtibatao 
Kixroros te Bins weyarntopos, avdpodayouo. 200 
KNaiov S€ duyéws, Oarepov Kata Sdxpu yéovres: | 
GN ob yap Tis mpnkis éyiyveTo pupopévorow. 
Airap éya Siva ravtas évevnipidas étalpous | 
nplOweov, apyov Sé pet’ audotépoow dracca* 








THE ODYSSEY, X. 331 


into the halls of Hades till comes the appointed day. 
Therefore, so long as there is food and drink in the swift 
ship, let us take thought of food, not pine away with 
hunger.’ 

“So I spoke, and my words they quickly heeded ; they 
threw their coverings off upon the shore beside the bar- 
ren sea, and gazed upon the stag, for the beast was very 
large; and when they had satisfied their eyes with gaz- 
ing, they washed their hands and made a bounteous feast. 
Thus, then, throughout the day till setting sun, we sat 
and feasted on abundant meat and the sweet wine; and 
when the sun went down and darkness came, we laid us 
down upon the beach. Then, as the early rosy-fingered 
Dawn appeared, I held a council, and said to all my men: 

“« Hearken to these my words, my suffering comrades. 
Friends, since we do not know the place of dusk or dawn, 
the place at which the beaming sun goes under ground or 
where he rises, let us at once consider if a wise course is 
left. I do not think there is; for I saw, on climbing to 
a high point of outlook, an island which the boundless 
deep encircles like a crown. Low in the sea it lies; mid- 
way across, I saw a smoke through some oak thickets and 
a wood.’ 

“As I thus spoke, their very souls were crushed within 
them, for they remembered the deeds of Laistrygonian 
Antiphates and the might of the daring Cyclops, the de- 
vourer of men. They cried aloud, and let the big tears 
fall; but no good came to them from their lamenting. 

“‘ Now the whole body of my mailed companions I told 
off in two bands, and to each band assigned a leader: the 


332 OAYSSEIAS K. 


a Lips > / 
Tov pev éyav Hpyov, Tov &' Evpiroxos Oeoevdys. 
KAnpous 8’ év Kuven. YadKpet TadAdOpMEV OKA" 
éx 8’ ope KAHpos peyadntopos Evpvrdcyovo. 

a ee 4 iA Led 4 \ v as 3 a“ 

BA 8’ tévat, Gua TH ye SVM Kal eixoo’ ETaipor 

/ \ a / t ” 
KNalovTes* Kata 8 dupe Altrov yoowvTas dmicOev. 
evpov 8’ év Byacyot tetvypéva Sopata Kipkns 
Ecotoiow Adeool, TepicKéTTTM Ev YOPO. 
api 5é piv AvKOL Hoav opécTepor HOE AéovTES, 

\  eaRy | 4 > \ \ 4 > wf 
Tous aut KaTéOer€ev, érrel kaka pPapwan’ Edwxev. 
ovd’ of y a@punOncav én’ avdpdow, add dpa Toi ye 
oUpholw paKphot Tepiccalvovtes avéotav. 
as 8’ 67 av apdl dvaxta Kives Saitnbev idvta 

/ ? ah 7 / / fa al 
caivwo’* aiel yap Te héper peidiypata Ovpod- 

a \ > \ 4 / roe / 

@S TOUS apt AVKOL KPAaTEpwVUKES NOE AEOVTES 
caivov: tol 8 édecav, érel idov aiva TéNwpa. 
éotav 8’ év mpoOvpoice Beas KaddTAOKapmOL0, 
Kipxns 8’ &vd0v adkovov aedovans oml Kary, 

e \ > / / A / 
ioTov émrovyouevns péyav awBpotov, ola Oeawv 
AeTTa Te Kal yaplevta Kal ayaa Epya édovTal. 
toiat 5é pvOwv Hpye IIonitns, Spyapos avdpar, 
ds pot KndwrTos éETapav tw KedvoTaTos Te* 

‘°) iro, &vdov yap tis érovyopméevn péyav toTov 
Kadov aodsdet, Satredov 8’ Array apdipéewuxer, 
 Oeds ne yuvn: adrAra POeyyoucba Caccov.’ 

“Ds ap’ épovncev, tol 8 épOéeyyovto KadebdvTes. 
» 8’ ai’ e&eNotca Ovpas arée daciwas 

\ lA € a -¢ / > / id 
Kal KaddeL* of © aya TavTes aldopeinow ErovTo* 
Evpvroxos 8’ tréwewvev, dvurdpevos Sdrov eivat. 
eicev 8’ eicayayodoa Kata KALopovs Te Opovous Te, 
év 5€ adi Tupdy Te Kal AdAdita Kal pédL YA@POV 


210 





THE ODYSSEY, X. 333 


one I led, princely Eurylochos the other. Straightway 
we shook the lots in a bronze helmet, and out leapt the 
lot of bold Eurylochos. So he departed, two and twenty 
comrades following, all in tears, and us they left in sorrow 
there behind. Within the glades they found the house of 
Circe, built of smooth stone on a clear plot of ground. All 
round about the place were mountain wolves and lions, 
whom Circe had charmed by giving them evil drugs. 
These creatures did not spring upon my men, but stood 
erect, wagging their long tails fawningly. And as the 
hounds fawn round their master when he comes from 
meat, because he always brings them dainties that they 
desire, so round these men the strong-clawed wolves and 
lions fawned. Still my men trembled at the sight of the 
strange beasts. They paused before the door of the fair- 
haired goddess, and in the house heard Circe singing with 
sweet voice, while plying her great imperishable loom and 
weaving webs, fine, beautiful, and lustrous as are the works 
of gods. Polites was the first to speak, one ever foremost, 
and one to me the nearest and the dearest of my com- 
rades: 

“«¢ Ah, friends, somebody in this house is plying a great 
loom and singing sweetly ; all the pavement rings. It is 
a god or woman. Nay, quickly let us call.’ | 

“‘ He spoke ; the others lifted up their voice and called. - 
Suddenly coming forth, she opened the shining doors 
and bade them in. The rest all followed, heedless; but 
Eurylochos remained behind, suspicious of a snare. She 
brought them in and. seated them on couches and on 
chairs, and made a potion for them, — cheese, barley, and 

23 


334 OAYSSEIAS K. 


olive IIpapveim éxvnas avéwioye 5é cito 235 
/ 4 ? / / / / ” 
pdppaxa AvP’, wa Tayyv aboiato Tatpibos ains. 
autap émet S@Kév Te Kal Extriov, avtix’ Erevta 
ev a \ a >/ 
paBds@ terrnyvia Kata cudeoicow éépyvv. 
e \ lal \ ” \ la / 
of 5€ cuay péev exov Keharas havyv te Ttpixas TE 
‘ / > \ na 9 - SF e \ / 
Kat Séuas, avTap vods hv Eumedos ws TO Tapos ep. 20 
A e \ / x7 a \ / 
&s of pév KAalovtes eépyato: totct 5é Kipkn 
map p’ akvdrov Bdadavov 7 EBarev Kaptrdv te Kpavelns 
A 4 / 3\ ” 
éSuevat, ola aves yaparevvddes aiev Edovoew. 
Eipvroyos 8’ aap 7rAOe Oony émi via pédaway, 
> / e , > / \ > / il 
ayyerinv érapwov épéwv Kat adevKéa TroTMOD. 245 
> / bd] / , 4 es , 
ovdé te expadcbar Sivato Eros, bémevos Trep, 
Khp ayei peyddk@ BeBornuévos: év S€é of dace 
Saxpuddw tipmravto, yoov 8’ wiero Oupos. 
GAN ote bn pw Tavtes ayacodpcb’ éEepéovTes, 
Kal TOTe TOV GAAwY éETapwv KaTéreEev GreOpor: 250 
‘"Huopev, ws éxédeves ava Spupa, haidip’ ’Odvoced: 
eUpouev ev Bnoonot teTvypéva Swpata Kara 
[Eeotoicw Adeoot, TWepicKérT@ evi yopo]. 
y \ / e \ > U eo bea 4 
év0a Sé Tis péyav totrov érrovyopevn Aly’ aevdev 
% Oeds né yuvn: tol 8’ épOeyyovto KadebvTes. 255 
9 8’ ab’ é&eAOotca Ovpas aie hacwas ‘ 
\ lA ¢ na / > / 4 
kal Kareu* of 8° awa mavtes atdpeinow Erovto: 
> \ > A ¢ , ’ / 80 Z 
avTap éyav breuewa, ovodpevos Sorov elvat. 
of 8’ aw dict@Onoav aorrées, ovdSe Tis aVTaV 
éEehavn: Snpov dé KaOrpevos éoxotriafov.’ 260 
“Qs épar’, adtap éy@ trepl péev Eidos apyupdnrov 
@pouv Bardounv, peya yadrxcov, audt Sé roka- 
\ > > , | ee far e€ 4 
Tov 8’ arb jv@yea adtnv odov yyncacOat. 


THE ODYSSEY, X. 835 


yellow honey, stirred into Pramnian wine, — but mixed 
with the food pernicious drugs, that they might utterly 
forget their native land. Now after she had given the cup 
and they had drunk it off, straight with a wand she smote 
my men and penned them up in sties; and they took on 
the heads of swine, the voice, the bristles, and even the 
shape, yet was their reason as sotind as heretofore. Thus, 
weeping, they were penned ; and Circe flung them acorns, 
chestnuts, and cornel-fruit for them to eat, such things as 
swine that wallow in the mire are wont to eat. 

“‘ Kurylochos, meanwhile, came to the swift black ship 
to tell the tidings of his comrades and their bitter fate. 
Strive as he might, he could not speak a word, for he was 
stricken to the soul with great distress; his eyes were 
filled with tears; his heart felt anguish. But when we 
all in great amazement questioned him, then he described 
the loss of all the other men : 

“We went, as you commanded, noble Odysseus, 
through the thicket, and found within the glades a beauti- 
ful house, built of smooth stone on a clear plot of ground. 
There somebody was tending a great loom and singing 
loud, some god or woman. The others lifted up their 
voice and called; and suddenly coming forth, she opened 
the shining doors and bade them in. The rest all fol- 
lowed, heedless; but I remained behind, suspicious of a 
snare. They vanished, one and all; not one appeared 
again, though long I sat and watched.’ 

“So he spoke; I slung my silver-studded sword about 
my shoulders,—large it was and made of bronze, — and 
my bow with it, and bade him lead me back the selfsame 


336 OAYSSEIAS K. 


avtap & oy audorépnot KaBav édrlcceTo youvwv 
[cal uw dropupomevos errea TTEpoevTa Tpocnvoa]' 265 
‘Mn pw aye xeio’ déxovta, Siotpedés, GNAA Aim’ adTov* 
olda yap ws ovT’ avTos éXedoeas OTE TI’ Gdov 
dfeus cov érapwv: adda Edy Ttoicdecr Pdaoor 
Ul 54 / > 4 \ 2 > 
hevyopev. ers yap Kev advkaipev KaKkov Hpuap. 
“OAs ébar’, abtap eyo piv aperBdpevos tpocéevtroy* 20 
‘ Eipuroy’, 4 tor péev od pév’ adtod Tod’ evi yop@ 
écOwv Kal twivwy, Koikn Tapa vy pedaivy: 
> \ > \ 3 \ / 4 > > / > 
avTap éyov eluss xpatepy Sé pou EmdeT’ avaryKn. 
“Qs eirwv mapa vynos dvyiioy nde Oadrdoons. 
GN Gre 57 ap’ ewerrov wy lepas ava Bhocas 275 
Kiprns t&ecOat rorvdappdxou és péya Sapa, 
&v0a pot “Eppeias ypvodpparis avteBodnoev 
épyouev@ mpos Sdua, venvin avdpl éoixws, 
TpOTov virnvnTn, ToD Tep YaplecTtaTn HRN: 
éy 7 dpa por Pd yep eros 7 epar’ Ex 7’ dvomate 280 
‘ [In 8’ adr’, & SvoTnve, SV axpias Epyeat olos, 
, ad 7 oe / 7~Q? 2 Ki, 
Y@pov adpis €wv; Etapot Sé Tor otd' evi Kipxns 
Epyatat, ws Te ovES, TUKWOs KevOUaVaS EyxoVTES. 
= \ LU a > > / / 
% Tovs Avoopevos Sedp’ Epyear> ovdSE GE Hyut 
avTov vootnoew, pevéets S€ ot > EvOa Tep AdrOL. 285 
GAN aye 8H oe Kakov éxrVoopat HOE Camco: 
TH, ToOe Pappakov écOdov éywv és dwpata Kipkns 
4 7 / \ > / \ 4s 
Epyev, 6 Kév TOL KpaTos AAGAKNOLW KaKdY Tap. 
mavta O€ Tot épéw dropawta Syvea Kipxns. 
Tev&er ToL KuKEd, Baréer 8’ evi ddppaxa cito* 290 
Grr odd ws Oér\Eat oe Suvjcetar: ov yap éacet 
/ > \ 7 / 2 +7 eG 
ddppakov écProv, 6 Tor dwow, épéw S€ ExacTa. 


THE ODYSSEY, X. 837 


way. But he, clasping my knees with both his hands, en- 
treated me, and sorrowfully said in winged words : 

“*Q heaven-descended man, bring me not there against 
my will, but leave me here; for well I know you never 
will return, nor will you bring another of your comrades. 
Rather, with these now here, let us speed on ; for we might 
even yet escape the evil day.’ | 

“So he spoke, and answering him said I: ‘ Eurylochos, 
remain yourself here in this place, eating and drinking by 
the black hollow ship; but I will go, for strong necessity 
is laid on me.’ 

“Saying this, I passed up from the ship and from the 
sea. But when, in walking up the solemn glades, I was 
about to reach the great house of the sorceress Circe, 
there was I met, as I approached the house, by Hermes of 
the golden wand, in the likeness of a youth, the first down 
on his lip —a time of life most winning. He grasped my 
hand and spoke, and thus addressed me : 

“¢ Where are you going, hapless man, along the hills 
alone, ignorant of the land? Your comrades yonder, at 
the house of Circe, are penned like swine and kept in 
fast-closed sties. Do you come here to free them? Nay, 
I am sure you will return no more, but, like the others, 
there you too will stay. Still, I can keep you clear of 
harm and bring you safety. Here, take this potent herb 
and go to Circe’s house; this shall protect your life against 
the evil day. And I will tell you all the baleful wiles of 
Circe: she will prepare for you a potion and cast drugs 
into your food; but even so, she cannot charm you, be- 
cause the potent herb which I shall give will not permit it. 


338 OAYSSEIAS K. 


ommote kev Kipxn o érdon tmepysnei paBdy, 

\ / \ / > \ > / \ A 
57 Tote od Eidos O€0 épvecapevos Tapa pnpod 
Kipxn éraifar @s te xrdpevar peveaivor. 
¢e / 22 - / > na 
9 O€ o UTobdcicaca KEeAncETAL evvnOHVaL* 

YA \ er Bes a / n .. % 
év0a ov pnkér éreit aravnvacbat Oeod evvyy, 

” / 4 eos - 4 > / / 

bdpa Ké Tor AVon O’ Erdpous adTov Te Kopioon: 
ara KéerecOai piv paKkdpov péyav SpKxov dpdccat 

/ / > a A \ / lA 
Hn TL TOL AUTO TWhua Kakov Bovrevoeuev adXo, 
bn o atroyupvobévta KaKov Kat avnvopa bein. 

\ EA ‘ Ld a b / 

Qs dpa dwvjcas wope happaxov apyerpovTns 
’ / Bees U 4 > a 
éx yains éptcas, kat por pvow avTod eéevke. 
pity péev pérav Eoke, ydraxte Sé elxedov avOos- 
parv Sé puv Kanréovot Oeols yarerov Sé 7 dptocew 
avdpaot ye Ovntotct Oeot Sé re wavta SvvavTat. 

¢ / \ ” ore / \ \ "O 

Eppetas pév ere’ aréBn mpdos paxpov “Odvptrov 
vicov av trjecoav, éy® 8’ és SHpata Kipens 
qua’ moda Oé pot Kpadin toppupe KuovTt. 
éornv 8 eivi Ovdpynot Ocds KadduTrOKApOL0° 
év0a atas éBonaa, Ded Sé pev Exrvev avdis. 
9» 8° aly é&eXOodca Ovpas wike hacwas 
kal Kader adTap éyov érounv aKaynpevos HTop. 
/ 5] > n : Soe / we) , 
eloe 5é ps’ eicayayotvoa él Opovov apyuponrouv, 
Kanrod Saidaréov: vo Sé Ophyus trocly hev- 

cal / bid , / BA / 

Tevke O€ pol KUKED ypvcew SéTraL, Ohpa Tio, 

év 6 Te dappaxov Ke, Kaka dpovéova’ évi Supa. 

avtTap érel daxév Te Kal Exmriov ovdé p’ EOerEE, 

pad mwemdnyvia eros T édhat é&k 7 ovoyager’ 
y fal 

‘"Epxeo viv cudeovde, pet’ GdrAwv réEO Etalpwr.’ 
bay F239 : eee >. 7@\ 2 ‘ a 

s pat’, éym 8’ dop o& épvccdmevos Tapa pnpod 
Kipkn érnEa Os Te KTdpevar peveaivor. 


810 


THE ODYSSEY, X. 3309 


And let me tell you more: when Circe turns against you 
her long wand, then draw the sharp sword from your thigh 
and spring upon Circe as if you meant to slay her; she 
then will cower and bid you to her bed. Thereafter do 
not you refuse the goddess’ bed, that so she may release 
your men and care for you. But bid her swear the 
blessed ones’ great oath never again to plot against you 
cruel wrong, nor when she has you stripped to leave you 
feeble and unmanned.’ 

“As he thus spoke, the Speedy-comer gave the herb, 
drawing it from the ground, and pointed out its nature. 
Black at the root it is, like milk its blossom, and the gods 
call it moly. Hard is it for a mortal man to dig; with 
gods all things may be. 

“Hermes departed now to high Olympos, along the 
woody island. I made my way to Circe’s house, and as 
I went often my heart grew dark. But I stood at the 
gate of the fair-haired goddess, stood there and called, 
and the goddess heard my voice. Suddenly coming forth, 
she opened the shining doors and bade me in; I followed 
her with aching heart. She led me in and placed me on 
a silver-studded chair, beautiful, richly wrought, — beneath 
there was a footstool for the feet, — and made a potion in 
a golden cup for me to drink, but put therein a drug, 
with wicked purpose in her heart. Now after she had 
given and I had drunk it off, and yet it had not charmed 
me, smiting me with her wand, she spoke these words and 
eried: ‘ Off to the sty, and lie there with your fellows!’ 

“She spoke; I drew the sharp blade from my thigh and 
sprang upon Circe as if I meant to slay her. With a loud 


340 OAYSSEIAS K. 


9 Se péya idyovoa wrédpape Kal AGBe yovvor, 
cal pw’ oAobupowévn errea TrepoevTa mpoonvda’ 
ro ye p poon 
‘Tis wo0ev eis avipav ; moOt Tot Torus HSe TOKES ; 
Oadpud pw’ exer ws ov Tt mi@y Tdde pPappyak’ eOérxOns. 82 
ovdé yap ovdé Tis AOS avnp Trade Pdppak’ avéTrn, 
of f a > / v4 O7 
bs xe Tin Kal mp@Tov apelpetas Epxos dddvTwv. 
\ dé > 10 > / / > / 
[cot dé tis ev otnPecow axndnTOS voos éoTiv.] 
97 ov y ‘Odvocets éoot ToddTpoTos, bv Te pot aiel 330 
gacKkev édevoecOat ypvadppatris apyerpovTns, 
éx Tpoins aviuovta Ooh ody vni peraivy. 
GN aye 51) Kokew prev dop Oéo, var 8’ éreira 
> A € / > / by , 
evvis jwetépns émiBelouev, Sppa puyévTe 
evvy kal hirornte temolOopev adXAHroLTW. 835 
“Ds épar’, adtap éyo piv dpevBduevos mpocéerTrov: 
‘@ Kipxn, was yap pe Kédeat col Hrrvov eivat, 
H por ods péev EOnxas évi peydpoiow étaipous, 
avtov 8’ évOad’ éyovca Soroppovéovoa Kerevers 
és Oddamov 7 iévar Kal ots ériBnpevar evvys, 340 
ddhpa pe vobévta KaKov Kal avnvopa Oeins 
pa pe yup jvopa Oelys. 
oud’ dy eyo y eOérouw Tens ériBipevar edvijs, 
> / / \ / vf > / 
el pun pou Trains ye, Ged, péeyav OpKov opoccat 
pn Th por avT@e Tha Kaxov Bovdevoémev adro.’ 
“Ds ébaunr, 7% 8’ adtix’ ama@pvvev ws éxédevov. 345 
> \ > Gay EP / 4 / 4 A 
autap érrel p’ duooév Te TeAeUTHOEV TE TOV OpKor, 
kat ToT éy@ Kipkns éréBnv mepixadrdéos evvijs. 
"Audiroror 8’ dpa téws ev évl peydpost mévoyto 
réccapes, ai ot S@ua Kata Spioterpar act. 
ylyvovras 8” dpa tai y &k Te Kpnvéwv ard 7 adoéwv 
éx 0 lepav rotapav, of T eis &Nade Tpopéovot. 851 
Tawy % pev &Baddre Opovois evs pyyea Kara, 


THE ODYSSEY, X. 341 


cry, she cowered and clasped my knees, and sorrowfully 
said in winged words : 

“* Who are you? Of what people? Where is your 
town and kindred? I marvel much that drinking of 
these drugs you were not charmed. None, no man else, 
ever withstood these drugs who tasted them, so soon as 
they had passed the barrier of his teeth; but in your 
breast there is a mind which cannot be beguiled. Surely 
you are that venturesome Odysseus who the god of the 
golden wand, the Speedy-comer, always declared would 
come upon his way from Troy,—he and his swift black 
ship. Nay, then, put up your blade within its sheath, 
and let us now approach our bed, that there we two may 
join in love and learn to trust each other.’ 

‘“‘So she spoke, and answering her said I: ‘ Ah, Circe, 
how can you ask me to be gentle toward you when you 
have turned my comrades into swine within your halls, 
and here detain me and with treacherous purpose invite 
me to your chamber and to approach your bed, that you, 
when I am stripped, may leave me feeble and unmanned ? 
But I will never willingly approach your bed till you sub- 
mit, goddess, to swear a mighty oath never again to plot 
against me cruel wrong.’ 

“So I spoke, and she forthwith swore she would not, as 
I required. So after she had sworn and ended all that 
oath, then I approached the beauteous bed of Circe. 

“‘ Meanwhile attendants plied their work about the halls, 
—four maids, who were the serving-women of the house. 
They are the children of the springs and groves and of 
the sacred streams that run into the sea. One threw upon 


342 OAYSSEIAS K. 


mopbupea xaburrepO’, bévepOe Sé iO’ v7éBarrev> 


/ 
» 8’ étépn wpotrdpoi0e Opovev éritawe tpamelas 
> / > \ / / 4 / 
apyupéas, emi € ode Tiler xpvoea KdveLa* 
e \ / nr / 3 > ‘ 
% Sé Tpitn KpNTHpe pedidpova oivoy éxipva 
novv év apyupéw, véwe Sé yptoera KvTredda* 
¢ \ , c > Ld \ fe} UE 
n O€ tetaptn vdwp epoper Kal Tip avéKate 
ToANov Td Tpitrods peydd@* iaiveto 8’ dwp. 
avtap érel 8) Séccev tdwp evi hvoTs yar, 
4 e) > / vd 43 > / / 
és p’ doduw0ov Ecaca do’ €x Tpimodos peyadouo, 
a / 

Oupijpes Kepdcaca Kata KpaTos Te Kal @por, 
oppa pot €x Kapatov OvyopOdpoy cireTo yviav. 
> .% b] \ - / \ em» ) Se ING / 
avTap é€mel NovoEV TE Kal ExpLoeV AiTT EAQLO, 
appt Sé we xAaivay Kadjv Bdrev 7dé xiTava, 

/ 9 b fal » ae, / > / 
eloe S€ po eloayayovoa éri Opovov apyuponrouv, 
Kadov datdadéov vm0 dé Ophyus toclv jev- 

/ > > / Ud > / / 
[yvépviBa 8’ audimroros mpoxow éréxyeve pépovea 
a / e \ J / / 
Kan}, “pvoein, vmTep apyupéoto AERyTOs, 
f \ \ \ A A 4 
vipacOat: mapa Sé Eeotny étdvucce tpdtefav. 
a , 3 / / / , 
citov 5’ aidoin tapin mapéOnxe pépovoa, 
eldata TOAN errilcioa, yapifouéevn TapeovTwr:] 

f tal b al 
éoOéuevat 5’ éxédevev' Eu@ 5° ovy Hvdave Supa, 
arr’ hunv addodpovéwr, kara 8’ dcceto Ovpds. 

/ Poe > / LES SND 2 re Uy 
Kipxn & ws évonoev eu Hyevov ovd’ éml cito 
”~ 77 \ /, / ” 
xelpas tadXovTa, Kpatepov 5é pe TévOos ExovTa, 
ayXe Taplotapéevn Erea TTEpoevTA Tpoonvoa* 


‘ TipO’ obtas, ‘Odvoed, nar’ ap’ Eear icos avavdy, 


\ 4 UA > > Lcd OX na 
Oupov wv, Bpwuns 8° oby arreat ovdé TorTiros ; 
4 twa tov SoAov adXov diear* ovd5é TL GE YH 
Sediuev? 45n yap ToL aT@pmoca KapTepov Spxov.’ 


*Q> ” b] Rees | > , > ‘ . , 
¢ epaT, avTap éyw pv aperBowevos mpocéevTrov: 


870 


875 


880 


THE ODYSSEY, X. 343 


the chairs beautiful cloths; purple she spread above, fine 
linen underneath. The next placed silver tables by the 
chairs and set forth golden trays. A third stirred in a 
bowl the cheering wine — sweet wine in a silver bowl — 
and filled the golden cups. <A fourth brought water and 
kindled a large fire under a great kettle, and let the water 
warm. Then when the water in the glittering copper 
boiled, she seated me in the bath and bathed me out of 
the great kettle about the head and shoulders, temper- 
ing the water well, till from my joints she drew the 
sore fatigue. So after she had given the bath and had 
anointed me with oil and put upon me a goodly cloak and 
tunic, she led me in and placed me on a silver-studded 
chair, beautiful, richly wrought,— beneath there was a 
footstool for the feet, — and water for the hands a ser- 
vant brought me in a beautiful pitcher made of gold, and 
poured it out over a silver basin for my washing, and by 
me spread a polished table. Then the grave housekeeper 
brought bread and placed before me, setting out food of 
many a kind, freely giving of her store, and bade me eat. 
But that pleased not my heart: I sat with other thoughts; 
my heart was boding evil. 

“When Circe marked me sitting thus, not laying hands 
upon my food but cherishing sore sorrow, approaching me 
she said in winged words: ‘Why do you sit, Odysseus, 
thus, as if you were struck dumb, gnawing your heart, 
and touch no food nor drink? Do you suspect some fur- 
ther guile? There is no cause for fear, for even now I 
swore to you a heavy oath.’ 


344 OAYSSEIAS K. 


‘8 Ki / , > \ poe PORE y 

® Kipxn, tis yap Kev avnp, ds évaicipmos ein, 
mpiv Train maccacba, edntvos dé ToTHrTos, 
mpiv \Ucacd’ éErdpous Kal ev dpOarpoiow idécbar; 385 
arn et 57 tpoppacca mreiv hayéwev Te Kedevets, 
Adcov, iv opOarpoicw idw épinpas éraipovs.’ 

“Qs épaunv, Kipen && 80 éx peyapoio BeByxet 
paBdov éyovo’ év yeupl, Ovpas 8’ avéwke cudevod, 
> > w+ / > / > / 
éx 6’ éhacevy ciddovow éovxoTas évve@poicwv. 390 

€ \ 4 2: > / e \ , > a 
ol ev ErrerT EoTnocav évayTio, » dé Ov avTav 
Epyouevn tpocdrehev éxdoTt@ ddpyakov aro. 

a ae \ / / ” a \ 4 
Tov 5° éx pev peréwv tplyes Eppeov, as mplv epuae 

/ > / 4 / / / 
pappakov ovrAopevov, TO ow Tope ToTVLa Kipkn: 
bd 
avopes 8 ay éyévovto vedtepor i) mapos Hoav 895 
Kal Tod KadXioves Kal pelfoves eicopdacbat. 

4 ; it ee a 54 “Me \ 4 

eyvocav 5’ eye Kelvor, Epuv 7’ ev yepolv ExacTos. 
maow 5’ iwepoeus vrrédu yoos, audl dé dda 
opepdaréov KovaBile, Oecd 8’ édéarpe Kal avTy. 

n O€ pev ayy oTdca Tpocnvtda Sia Oedwv' 400 

‘ Avoyevés Aacptiady, Trodvuunyav’ ’Odvaced, 
bl a pam, a \ \ la / 
epxeo viv emi vna Oonv kat Oiva Oaraoons. 
via pev Ap wayumpwtov épvccate Hreipovec, 

/ > ’ / / / / 
KkTnpata 8 év omnecot TeAdooaTte OTha TE TaVTA’ 
avtos 8 dap lévas Kal ayew épinpas éraipovs.’ 405 

a 

Qs épar’, adtap ewoi y emereiOero Oupos ayivwp, 
Biv & iévat éml via Son Kat Siva Oardoons. 

? 4 its: 3. \ nan ? e if 

eUpov erect’ emi vt Gon éplnpas éraipous 

oixtTp’ Ohopupopévous, Oarepdv Kata Sdxpu xéovTas. 

ws 5’ br’ dv dypavros mopies wept Bots ayedalas, — 410 
2r0 / > , > \ / / 

eMovaas &s KOTpov, érnv Botdvns KopécwvTat, 

Tacat aua oKalpovow évavtiar: ovd’ étt onKol 


THE ODYSSEY, X. 345 


“So she spoke, and answering her said I: ‘ Ah, Circe, 
what man who is true-hearted would taste of food or 
drink before he had released his friends and seen them 
with his eyes? But if you in sincerity will bid me eat, 
then set them free, that I with my own eyes may see my 
trusty comrades.’ 

“So I spoke, and from the hall went Circe, wand in 
hand. She opened the sty doors, and forth she drove what 
seemed like nine-year swine: a while they stood before her, 
and, passing along the line, Circe anointed each one with 
a counter-charm. So from their members fell the hair 
which at the first the accursed drug which potent Circe 
gave had made to grow; and once more they were men, — 
men younger than before, much fairer too, and taller to 
behold. They knew me, and each grasped my hand, and 
from them all passionate sobs burst forth, and all the 
house gave a sad echo. The goddess pitied us, even she, 
and standing by my side the heavenly goddess said : 

“¢ High-born son of Laértes, ready Odysseus, go now to 
your swift ship and to the sea-shore, and first of all draw 
up your ship upon the land, and store within the caves 
your goods and all your gear, and then come back your- 
self and bring your trusty comrades.’ 

“‘So she spoke, and my high heart assented. I went to 
the swift ship and to the sea-shore, and found by the swift 
ship my trusty comrades in bitter lamentation, letting the 
big tears fall. As the stalled calves skip round a drove 
of cows returning to the barn-yard when satisfied with 
grazing; they all with one accord bound forth, the folds 


346 OAYSSEIAS K. 


\ 
layouvo’, GAN ddwov puKdpevat aypiOéovor 
/ a Poe a > \ 16 ? 0 a 
pntépas* as eué xelvor, érel Wov opOarpoicr, 
, ” A , Wek J t ‘ 
Saxpvoevtes Exuvto’ Soxnoe 8’ dpa ohict Ovpos 
a ” e > /Q> © / \ / » ee 
@>s guev ws ef tarpid’ ikolato Kal ToAW avTiY 
‘ "1A / vA > ww ro’ > eee A ‘ 
tpnyxeins "l0axns, wa 7 erpadev 78’ éyévovto 
Kai p’ dX\opupomevor Errea TTEPOeYTA TpoTnvowY* 
; \ \ , \ ESE Re 
Sol péev voorncavtt, Siotpedés, Hs eyapnpey, 
e yy > > > / > / / ”“ 
as el T eis "[0axnyv adixoiela tratpisa yatav: 
arn aye, TOV GAXov Erdpwv KatddeEov OdeOpov.’ 
€ ~ , 
‘Ds fav, aitap éyo tmpocépnv paraxols émréecot' 
‘via pev ap Tapmpwtov éptacopev Hrreipovec, 
KkTnwata b€ omnecot TeAaooomey OTAA TE TAYTA 
> \ ? > \ LA / v4 
avtol 8’ otpiverOe ewol dua mavtes ErecPat, 
ddpa i5y0’ Erdpovs iepois ev SHuacr Kipens 
mivovtas Kat édovTas: émnetavoy yap éyovow. 
“Qs ébapunv, of 8’ @ka euols éréerot TiPovTo* 
Evpiroxyos Sé pot olos épvxave Tdvtas éTaipous: 
[xai oheas hovncas érea TrepoevTa tpocnvda*] 
<74 8 \ ro» »¥ , ae SN , 
A Seidol, roo’ iwev; Ti KaK@V imeipeTe ToUTaD, 
Kiprns és péyapov xataBnpevat, } Kev arravtas 
EY fa) 7\ 4 / ’\ / 
H avs ne AVKOUS TrOLNTETAL NE EOVTAS, 
7 , 4 / a / \ > / 
of Kév of péeya SOua hvrAdocomey Kal avayKn, 
ws wep Kindo ép&’, dre of pécoavrov ixovto 
e 
npetepot Erapot, adv 8’ 0 Opacds elrret’ ’Odvaceds: 
TovUTou yap Kal Keivot atacOadinow OdovTo. 
s 
“Ds épat’, avtap éyo ye peta dpeol pwepunpita, 
oTagToamevos TavinKes Gop Taxéos Tapa pnpod, 
TO of atroTrAnkas Kehadjny ovdacd. Teraccat, 
Kal 1TN® Tep €ovTt para vyedov: aAda p’ éTalpor 
f a] 
peirrylous éeméeoow epytvoy addroGev addos* 


THE ODYSSEY, X. 347 


no longer hold them, but with continual bleating they frisk 
about their mothers; so did these men, when they caught 
sight of me, press weeping round. Their joy was such as 
if they had already reached their land, their very town 
of rugged Ithaka, where they were bred and born, and 
through their sobs they said in winged words: 

““¢Now you have come, O heaven-descended man, we 
are as glad as if we were approaching Ithaka, our native 
land. But tell about the loss of all our other comrades.’ 

“So they spoke; I in soft words made answer: ‘ Let 
us now first of all draw up our ship upon the land and 
store within the caves our goods and all our gear, and 
hasten all of you to follow after me, that you may see 
your comrades in the sacred house of Circe drinking and 
eating; for they have constant cheer.’ 

“So I spoke, and quickly they obeyed my words. Eu- 
rylochos alone tried to hold back my comrades, and speak- 
ing to them in winged words he said: ‘ Poor fools, where 
are we going? Why are you so in love with misery that 
we should go to Circe’s hall, and let her turn us all to 
swine and wolves and lions, that we may there keep watch 
at her great house, perforce? Such deeds the Cyclops 
did, when to his lair our comrades came, and with them 
went this reckless man, Odysseus; for through the folly 
of Odysseus those men also perished.’ 

“ As he thus spoke, I hesitated in my heart whether to 
draw my keen-edged blade from my stout thigh, and with 
a blow bring down his head into the dust, near as he was 
by tie of marriage; but with mild words my comrades 
stayed me, each in his separate wise : 


348 OAYSSEIAS K. 


‘ Avoyevés, TodTOY pev édoopev, eb OD KEdeEvELs, 
abtod Tap vn te wévew Kal vija épvoOas: 
fuiv 8° jyewovev’ tepa mpos Sopata Kipxns. 

“Ns dapevor Tapa vnds avjiov nde Padracons. 
ovdé pév Evpiroyos xolidn mapa vl dédevrrTO0, 
GN érret’s eeicev yap eujv Extraydov evurrjy. 

Tédpa dé tovs aAdous Etdpous ev Swopact Kipen 
évduxéws odoév te Kal eypicev Aim’ édalg, 
audi 8’ dpa yralvas ovAas Badev HOE yiTaVaS* 
Sawvupéevous 8’ ed ravtas édbevpopev ev peyapovow. 
ot 5’ émel GdANAOUS eldov PpadocavTo T écarTa, 
KAXalov ddupopuevot, Tept S€ otevaxifeTo Sapa. 

n Sé pev dyyt otaca Tpoonvda Sia Ocdwv: 

‘ [Avoyevés Aacpriadn, morupnyay ’Odvoced,] 
pnkére viv Oarepov yoov dpvute: oida Kal avTi 
nuev bo’ ev movT@ Taber’ adyea ixyOvoevTt, 
nd’ ba avdpotor avdpes edndjoavT’ éml yépoouv. 
Gr ayer’ éoOiere Bpwopnv Kal qivete oivor, 
els 6 Kev adtis Ovpov evi ornbecot AGBNTE, 
olov éte mpwTictov édelmeTe TaTpida yatav 
tpnxelns “T0axns: viv 8’ aoxedées nal d&Ovpor, 
alev adns yarerAs peunpévors ovdé rol” ipiv 
Oupos év edhpocvvy, érel 4 pada ToAda Térrodbe.’ 

“Qs &pab’, hiv 8 adr’ érereiOeto Oupods ayyvep. 
évOa ev Hata ravta Tedkecddpov eis éviavTov 
npela, Sawtpevor kpéa 7 domera Kal péOv 700° 
GN’ Ste by fp’ éviavtos env, wept 8’ érparov wpas, 
Lunvav POwovtar, wept 8’ Huata waxpa TerécOn,] 
kal toTe pw’ éxxadrécavtes hav épinpes étaipou 

‘ Aaipov’, dn viv prpynoKeo marpidos ains, 


THE ODYSSEY, X. 349 


“¢ Hioh-born Odysseus, we will leave this man, if you 
consent, to stay here by the ship and guard the ship; 
but lead us to the sacred house of Circe.’ 

“Saying this, they passed up from the ship and from 
the sea. Yet did Eurylochos not tarry by the hollow 
ship ; he followed, for he fearedsmy stern rebuke. 

“ But in the mean while to my other comrades at the 
palace Circe had given a pleasant bath, and had anointed 
them with oil, and she had put upon them fleecy cloaks 
and tunics; merrily feasting in her halls we found them 
all. When the men saw and recognized each other face 
to face, they wept aloud and the house rang around ; and 
standing by my side, the heavenly goddess said : 

“* High-born son of Laértes, ready Odysseus, let not 
this swelling grief rise farther now. I myself know what 
hardships you have borne upon the sea and how fierce 
men harassed you on the land. Come, then, eat food, 
drink wine, until you find once more that spirit in the 
breast which once was yours when you first left your 
native land of rugged Ithaka. Now, worn and spiritless, 
your thoughts still dwell upon your weary wandering. 
This many a day your heart has not been glad, for sorely 
have you suffered.’ 

“So she spoke, and our high hearts assented. Here, 
then, day after day, for a full year, we sat and feasted on 
abundant meat and the sweet wine. But after the year 
was gone, when the round of the seasons rolled and the 
months waned and the long days were done, then calling 
me aside my trusty comrades said: ‘Ah, sir, consider now 

24 


350 OAYSSEIAS K. 


el tor Oéodarov éott cawlhvar Kal ixécOar 
oixov évxTiwevoy Kal onv és tatpida yaiav. 
[“Qs épav, abtap euoi x éremelOeto Oupos aynvep. 475 
&s TOTe pév TpoTray Huap és Hédvov KaTadvyTa 
4 0 PS) 4 / a | \ tQ 7) 4 
HpcOa, Sawivuevor Kpéa T dometa Kal meu Adv. 
juos 8° Hnéduos Katédu Kal él Kvédas HrOev, 
ol pev KOolunoavTO KaTa péyapa oKLOEVTA. | 
Aitap éyo Kipkns ériBas tepixadrréos edbvijs 480 
yovvay é\dTdvevoa, Ded Sé wev ExAvev avdhs: 
[xal piv hwvicas érea Trepdevta Tpocnvdwv"] 
/ 
£°Q Kipen, tédecov poor tbrooyecw hw wep bréorns, 
olxade: Treuréuevat: Ouvpos 5é pour écovrar Hdn, 
nd’ Gddwv éEtdpwv, of pev POwbOover Pirov Kip 485 
> , Se Pie 15 | ay e. / / , ’ 
app €u odupopmevol, OTE TOV GU ye voods yEevnaL. 
“Qs épaunv,'% 8 adrix’ dpeiBero Sia Oedwv: 
‘ Avoyeves Aaeptid&y, modupnyav’ ’Odvoced, 
pnkéte vov adéxovtes eum evil piuvete oiko: 
GX’ GAXAnv Yh MpOTov oddv terécar Kal ixécOar 490 
. fol / 
eis “Aidao Sdpots kal émawhs ITepcedoveins, 
vuyn xpnebévovs OnBaiov Tetpeciao, 
t “ Sd tk a t ” At 
HavTnos adaod, Tod Te hpéves Eu7redoi ecu 
a ¥- a Ui / , 
TO Kal. TeOvn@TL voov trope Ilepoepovera 
oi temvdcba: tol dé cKial aiccovow. 495 
9 
“Qs pat’, airap ewoi ye KkatexrdaOn dirov Hrop: 
Kraiov 0° év Neyéerou KaOrpevos, oddé TL Oupos 
NOer’ ere Coew Kat opav dhdos Heréovo. 
\ 
auTap émel KNalwy te KudALWdopevds T exopécOnv, 
\ eae / / ” > / / 6 
Kai ‘Tote 6n pv Errecow apuerBdopwevos mpooéevtrov 500 
5 
°° Kipkn, tis yap tavrny od0v yryepovevoes ; 
| ee 
eis "Aidos 8 od} ww Tis adixeto vyi peraivy. 


THE ODYSSEY, X. 351 


your native land, if you are destined ever to be saved and 
reach your stately house and native land.’ 

“So they spoke, and my high heart assented. Thus, 
then, throughout that day till setting sun we sat and 
feasted on abundant meat and the sweet wine; and when 
the sun went down and darkness came, the others went to 
rest throughout the dusky halls. But I, on coming to the 
beauteous bed of Circe, made supplication to her by her 
knees, and to my voice the goddess hearkened; and speak- 
ing to her in winged words, I said: 

“*« Circe, fulfil for me the promise that you made to 
send me home; for now my spirit stirs, with that of all 
my men, who break my heart with their complaints when- 
ever you are not by.’ 

“So I spoke, and straight the heavenly goddess an- 
swered: ‘ High-born son of Laértes, ready Odysseus, stay 
no longer at my home against your will. But you must 
first perform a different journey, and go to the halls of 
Hades and of dread Persephoné, there to consult the 
| spirit of Teiresias of Thebes, —a prophet blind, who 
still has knowledge. To him, though dead, Persephoné 
has granted reason, to him alone sound understanding ; 
the rest are flitting shadows.’ 

“As she thus spoke, my very soul was crushed within 
me, and sitting on the bed I fell to weeping ; my heart no 
longer cared to live or see the sunshine. But when of 
weeping and of writhing I had had my fill, then thus I 
answered her and said: ‘ But, Circe, who will be my pilot 
on this journey? None ever reached the land of Hades 
by black ship.’ 


352 OAYSSEIAS K. 


“Os ébaynr, 4 8° adtix’ ayelBero Sia Oedwv: 
6 Avoyevés Aaeptiadn, trodvpnyav’ ‘Odvacev, 
pn TL ToL Hyepmovos ye T1oOn Tapa vy pereoOa, 505 
¢, \ \ / > / ; AA / / 
tarov S€ otnocas ava @’ toria NevKA TeTdoCasS 
\ / / \ , / 
ficOar: tiv Sé Ké Tot Tvoim Bopéao dépyor. 
GAN oor av 8) vn 8 ’Qeeavoio repycys, 
év0’ axtn Te Aayela Kal Gdoea Ilepcedoveins, 
/ > ” YER > U 
poaxpai T alyerpo. Kal itéat @decixapToL, 510 
vna pev adtod Kédoa em ‘Qecave Babvdivn, 
avtos 8 eis "Aidew iévar Sdpov edpwevTa. 
&v0a pev eis “Axépovta IIupipreydOwv tre péovot 
> 
Kaxvrtos 0°’, ds 8) Yruyos dards éeotiw azoppoé, 
rig 4 / 4 4 a > 4 
métpn Te Evvecis te S0w ToTapayv épidovTrwv’ 51s 
&vOa 5° érrev0’, Hpws, ypyspOels médas, ds ce KEeeva, 
y/ : ales 4 , / M1 -: sf 
BoOpov dpvEar bcov te muyotctov évOa Kai évOa, 
> > by a \ \ a n / 
app avta 5é€ yonv xeic0ar maow vexveoor, 
; al / / de HOE a 
TpOTAa medKPHT@, meTérrerta Se HdéL oive, 
To tpitov adv’ bdaTi* emt 8 drdita AevKa Traddvew. 820 
a 4 \ , 
Tora Sé youvodcba vexdov apevnva Kapnva, 
a a > / 
€XOwv eis "IOannv oteipav Bovv, } Tis apiorn, 
cs b] / / Def Xr / > AX 
péEew ev peydpovot wuphy T éuTAncéepev éoOrov, 
f 
Teipecin 8° amavevOev dw lepevoéuev ol@ 
/ 
Tappéray, 0s pyrovos peTaTpeTel UpeTepoLow. 525 
avTap ériy edvyfot Alon KAUTA EOvEea vEKpwr, 
&v0” dw apverov péelew OnrWW Te pédAaLWaY 
AE Bne: 
eis "EpeBos orpéas, avtos 8° amovocd. tparrécOat 
téwevos trotapoio poawy: évOa dé modal 
Wuyxal édXedoovTat vexvov KatateOvnwTav. 530 
\ a 
89 ToT eral éErapoiow errotpivat Kal avotat 
Bika, Ta 82) KaTaKeT éeohaypéva vynrét Karke, 


THE ODYSSEY, X. 353 


“So I spoke, and straight the heavenly goddess an- 
swered: ‘High-born son of Laértes, ready Odysseus, let 
not the lack of pilot for your ship disturb you, but set 
the mast, spread the white sail aloft, and sit you down; 
the breath of Boreas shall bear her onward. When you 
have crossed by ship the ocean-stream to where the shore ~ 
is rough and groves of Persephoné stand, — tall poplars 
and seed-shedding willows,—there beach your. ship by 
the deep eddies of the ocean-stream, and yourself seek the 
mouldering house of Hades. There is a spot where into 
Acheron run Pyriphlegethon and Kokftos, a stream which 
is an offshoot of the waters of the Styx; here a rock forms 
the meeting-point of two resounding rivers. To this spot, 
then, hero, draw nigh, even as I bid, and dig a pit about a 
cubit either way, and round. its edge pour out an offering 
to all the dead, — first honey-mixture, next sweet..wine, 
and thirdly water, and over all scatter white barley-meal. 
Make many supplications also to the strengthless dead, 
vowing when you return to Ithaka to take the farrow cow 
that is your best and offer it in your hall, heaping the . 
pyre with treasure ; and to Teiresias separately to sacrifice 
a sheep, for him alone, one wholly black, the very choicest 
of your flocks. _So when, you have besought with vows the 
tribes of the illustrious dead, offer a ram and a black ewe, 
bending their heads toward Erebos, but turn yourself 
away, facing the river’s stream; to-you shall gather many 
_ spirits of. those now dead and gone. Then straightway 
call your comrades, and. bid them take the sheep now ly- 
ing there slain by the, ruthless sword, and.flay and burn 


354 OAYSSEIAS K. 


8 / ie] > , 0. be 0 Lal 
efpavtas Katakhat, erevEatOar Sé Oeoiow, 
ibOiwo 7 ’Aidn Kal érrawh ITepoedovein: 
avtos 5é Egos 0&0 épvecdpevos mapa pnpod 
hola, pndé éav vexvov apevnva Kapnva 
7 9 y \ di / bé 6 
aiwatos docov iwev mplv Teipeciao mvbécba. 
4 > ‘ U / bd a 
évOa ToL avTixa partis édevoeTal, Opyame adr, 
ef / ” fa\ \ / , 
ds Kév Tol eltrnow odov Kal péTpa KedevOov 
, , id ? \ , 4 > ‘ , 
vootov 0°, ws emi movTov édevoeas tyOvoevTa. 
“Qs épar’, abtixa 5& ypucdOpovos HrvOev ’Hos. 
> \ 4 nan Ff a / vA 4 
appt S€ we xAaivdy Te yiT@Va Te elwaTa Eocer: 
avtn 8° apyiheov dapos péya Evvuto vipdn, 
AerTOv Kal yaplev, rept dé Covnv Barer iEvt 
kari xpuceinv, keparg 8° éréOnxe xadvrrpny. 
> \ > \ \ / 2 9S LA e / 
avTap éy@ Sia Sopar’ iwv w@Tpuvov éraipous 
peirylous éréeoot Tapactadov avdpa ékacTov: 
‘Mykxére viv eddovtes awreite yAuKdv rvor, 
7 
GXX’ louevs 89 yap pou éréppade rota Kipxn,’ 
“Ds épdpnv, toiow 8 éremeiPero Oupos ayjvep. 
Oe \ 1° ” > 4, a e / 
ovdé pev ovd’ évOev mep amrjpovas Hyov éraipous. 
"Exrijvop 5é tis €xxe vewtatos, ovTE TL Ainv 
GdKipos év Toreum ovte hpecly how apypas, 
4 ” RY 4 / e Lal > / 4 
Os pot avevO’ éTapwy lepois év Sdpact Kipxns, 
UA e / , > / 
Woxeos (welpwv, KatedéEato oivoBapelwv: 

/ 8° e / ia an > 4 
Kiwupevov O éTapwv Guadov Kal Sodrrov aKxotcac 
éEarrivns avopovce Kal éxrabeto dpeciv how 
ba a >\ b] / \ 
apoppov xataBivar iwv és KrNiwaxa paKpny, 
adda KatavtiKpd Téyeos Técev* éx Sé of adyhv 
> , fol 
agTpayahwv éayn, Woyn S "Aiddcde xathrOev. 

/ cal fa) 
épyouévoict 5€ Tolcw éyo peta pdOov eevrrov: 

’ / a 

‘Pacbe vi rov oixovde Pidrnv és watpida yatav 


THE ODYSSEY, X. 355 


them, and call upon the gods, — on powerful Hades and 
on dread Persephoné, — while you yourself, drawing your 
sharp sword from your thigh, still hold your place, and do 
not let the strengthless dead approach the blood till you 
have made inquiry of Teiresias. Thither the seer will 
quickly come, O chief of men, and he will tell your course, - 
the stages of your journey, and of your homeward way, 
how you may pass along the swarming sea.’ 

“ Even as she spoke, the gold-throned morning came. 
On me she put a cloak and tunic as my raiment; and the 
nymph dressed herself in a long robe of silver-white, fine- 
spun and graceful; she bound a beautiful golden girdle 
round her waist, and set her veil upon her head. Then 
through the house I passed and called my men, with 
cheering words, standing by each in turn: ‘Sleep no more 
now, nor drowse in pleasant slumber, but let us go, for 
potent Circe at last has made all clear.’ 

“So I spoke, and their high hearts assented. Yet even 
thence I did not bring away my men in safety. A certain 
Elpénor was the youngest of them all, a man not very 
stanch in fight nor sound of understanding, who, parted 
from his mates, lay down to sleep upon the sacred house 
of Circe, seeking for coolness when overcome with wine. 
As his companions stirred, hearing the noise and tumult, 
he suddenly sprang up, and in his mind he quite forgot 
how to come back again by way of the long ladder, but he 
fell headlong from the roof: his neck was broken from 
its socket, and his soul went down to the house of Hades. 

“When my men mustered there, I said to them: ‘ You 
think, perhaps, that you are going home to your own 


356 OAYSSEIAS K. 


gpyecO’> addrnv 8 thyiv odov texunpato Kipen 
eis "AiSao Sopovs kai érrawhs Tepoepoveins, 
wuxyn xpnoopevovs OnBaiov Tetpeciao.’ 565 

“Qs ébdunv, toiow Sé KkatexracOn pirov Hrop, 
éCouevor S€ Kat avOs yowv TiAXoVTO Te yaiTas* 
GX’ od yap Tis mphEis éylyvero pupopévorow. 

"AXN Ore by p’ emt vna Oonv Kal Oiva Oaracons 
jomev axvipevot, Oadepov kata Saxpu xéovTes, 570 
Toppa 8 ap’ oiyowévn Kipxn mapa vni peraivy 
apvelov Katédnoev dw OFrUWY Te péXaLvaY, 
peta tapeEeOodca: tis dv Oedv ovn eOédXovTa 
opOarpoicw idour 4 &vO” 4 évOa Kiovta ; 


THE ODYSSEY, X. 357 


native land; but Circe has marked out for us a different 
course, even to the halls of Hades and of dread Perseph- 
oné, to make inquiry of the spirit of Teiresias of Thebes.’ 

“As I thus spoke, their very souls were crushed within 
them, and sitting down where each man stood they 
moaned and tore their hair; but no good came to them - 
from their lamenting. 

** Now while we walked to the swift ship and to the 
sea-shore, sorrowing, letting the big tears fall, Circe went 
on before, and there by the black ship made fast a ram 
and a black ewe, passing us lightly by. When a god does 
not wish it, who with his eyes can spy him moving from 
place to place? 


OAYSSEIAS A. 
Néxvvea. 


aA A 
Aitap éret p’ éml via Kkatndopev 7b¢ Oaraccayr, 
via ev ap Tapmrpwrtov épiocapev eis Gra Siar, 
év &’ tatov tiWépecOa Kal ioria vyi pedaivy, 
a / 
év 86 Ta pita AaBovtes EBHoaper, dv Sé Kat avtol 
, 

Baivopev axvipevot, Oarepov Kata Saxpu xéovTes. 

a \ 
jpiv &’ ad petoricbe veds KvavoTTp@poto 

\ a 
ixuevov ovpov tee mAnciatiov, écOAov Eratpov, 
Kipxn évmdoxapos, Sewn eds addnecca. 
¢ n iw 4 a a a 
nels 8° OrAa Exacta Tovnedpmevot KATA Va 
Hucda: hv 8’ dveuds te KuBepyytns 7 iOuve. 
Ths Sé wavnuepins tétad’ totia trovtoTopovens* 
SvceTo 7 HédLOS, TKLOWYTO TE TAGaL ayuLal. 
/ 

‘H_ 8’ és: eipad’ txave Babuppoov ’Qxeavoto. 
évOa Sé Kippepiov avdpav dShos te mods Te, 
> 7 \ / ld b) , >? > \ 
népt Kal vedérAn Kexaduppévot’ ovdé TOT aUTOUS 
"Hédios hadOwv xatadépxerar axtiverow, 

wa? « 7. :§ / \ > \ b) f 
ov0’ oor dv otelynot mpos ovpavoy acTepoevTa, 


00’ 7’ dv ap él yaiav an’ ovpavobev trpotparntat, 


arr’ él vdE oron Tératat Setdoioct Bporoicr. 
via wev év0” édOovres éxéAcapev, ex é TA wHrAG 
eidoueO* avtol 8’ atte mapa poov ’2LKeavoio 
jowev, Opp és y@pov adixoucd’ dv dpace Kipxn. 
"Ev0’ tepnia pev ITepipndns Evpvroyos te 
Eoyov éyw 8 dop o&0 épvacdpevos Tapa pnpod 


10 


XI. 
THE LAND OF THE DEAD. 


“ Now when we came down to the ship and to the sea, 
we in the first place launched our ship into the sacred sea, 
we put the mast and sail in the black ship, then took the 
sheep and drove them in, and we ourselves embarked in 
sadness, letting the big tears fall. And for our aid be- 
hind our dark-bowed ship came a fair wind to fill our 
sail, a welcome comrade, sent us by fair-haired Circe, the 
mighty goddess, human of speech. So when we had done 
our work at the several ropes about the ship we sat us 
down, while wind and helmsman kept her steady; and 
all day long her sail was stretched as she ran through 
the water. Then the sun sank, and all the ways grew 
dark. 

“ And now she reached earth’s limits, the deep stream 
of Okeanos, where the Kimmerian people’s land and city 
lie, wrapt in a fog and cloud. Never on them does the 
shining sun look down with his beams as he goes up the 
starry sky, or as again toward earth he turns back from 
the sky, but deadly night spreads far and wide above these 
hapless men. On coming here, we beached our ship, and 
put the sheep on shore, then made our way along the ocean- 
stream, until we reached the spot foretold by Circe. 

“Here Perimedes and Eurylochos held fast the victims, 
while 1, drawing my sharp blade from my thigh, dug 


360 OAYSSEIAS A. 


BoOpov bpvé bccov te Tuyovctov evOa Kal evOa, 
app avtTd dé yxony yedunv Taow vexverot, 
TpOTA MEeAUKPHT@, meTémerta SE HOSEL ove, 

To tTplrov avd’ bdaTu: él 8’ adAdpita AevKAa Tradvvov. 
TOAAA S€ youvovmny vextav apevnva Kapnva, 
éXOwv eis "IOaxnv oteipav Bodv, } tis apiorn, 

c/s > / , o9 / b] fal 
péEew év peydpowot tupny T éumAncéwev eoOrav, 
Teipecin 8° amdvevOev dw tepevoépev oi 
Tappérav, 0s pyroLTL pmeTATpEeTEL HETEpoLct. 
tovs 5’ érel evywrnor AeTHol Te EOvea vexpav 
&\rucapnv, Ta Sé pra AaBov atrederpoTounca 
és BoOpov, pée 5’ aiwa Kerawedés* at 8’ aryépovto 
aruyal tr’ é& “EpéBevs vervav xatatebvnwtov. 
[viudar 7 niOeot re TodvTANTOL TE YyéporTES 
mapOevixal 7 ataral veotrevOéa Ovpov éxoveat: 
ToAXol 5’ ovTapevor YarKHperw éeyyelnow, 

A > / , > 4 

avopes apnipatot BeBpotmpeva Tevye ExovTes* 

of moAXol rept BoOpov epolrwv adrofev addos 
Oeotrecin iayn: ue S& yAwpov Séos Hper.] 

yy 4/9 + AMES « , 3 4 > | A 

» ToT’ éreO” éErdpotow éroTpuvas éKédevoa 
pita, Ta 89 KaTéxert’ eodaypeva vnrée yarKo, 
PS) / n 5] 4 Se al 

eipavtas Kataxhat, érevéacba Sé Oeoiow, 
> / o9 / > load 4 a Po 
ibOium 7 ’Aidn cat érawh Iepoedpovety 
avtos 5é Eidos o&0 épvecdmevos Tapa pnpod 
4 > > 7 4 > / 

Hunv, ovd’ elwv vexvov ayevnva Kapnva 
aiwatos docov ipev, mpl Teipeciao mrubécbat. 

IIpa@rn Sé sruyh "Edaryvopos HAOev éraipou* 
ov ydp Tw éréBarto bro xYOovds edpvodelns: 

“ a 3 Ki / / e a 
cua yap év Kipxns peydp@ Katereirropev nets 
bd . : 
akravtov Kal AOarrov, émel movos aAXOs Erreuye. 


THE ODYSSEY, XI. 361 


out a pit, about a cubit either way, and round its edges 
poured an offering to all the dead, — first honey-mixture, 
next sweet wine, and thirdly water, and white barley-meal 
I scattered over; and I made many supplications to the 
strengthless dead, vowing when I returned to Ithaka to 
take the farrow cow that was my best and offer it in my 
hall, heaping the pyre with treasure; and to Teiresias sep- 
arately to sacrifice a sheep, for him alone, one wholly 
black, the very choicest of my flock. So when with 
prayers and vows I had implored the peoples of the dead, 
I took the sheep and cut their throats over the pit, and 
forth the dark blood ran... Then gathered there spirits 
from out of Erebos of those now dead and gone, — brides, 
and unwedded youths, and worn old men, delicate maids 
with hearts but new to sorrow, and many pierced with 
brazen spears, men slain in fight, wearing their blood- 
stained armor. In crowds around the pit they flocked 
from every side, with awful wail. Pale terror seized me. 
Forthwith I called my men, and bade them take the sheep 
now lying there slain by the ruthless sword, and flay and 
burn them, and call upon the gods,—on powerful Hades 
and on dread Persephoné, — while I myself, drawing my 
sharp sword from my thigh, still held my place and did 
not let the strengthless dead approach the blood till I had 
made inquiry of Teiresias. 

“ First came the spirit of my man, Elpénor. He had not 
yet been buried under the broad earth; for we left his 
body at the hall of Circe, unwept, unburied, since other 
tasks were urgent. I wept to see him and pitied him 


362 OAYSSEIAS A. 


Tov pev éyw SdKpuoa lda@v édénod Te Supe, 
Kal pw hovycas rea TTEpevTAa Tpornvdwv: 

‘ "Enarhvop, was ies tro Copov Hepoerta ; 
EbOns melds imy 1) eyo ovv vai pedaivy.’ 

“Ds épaynr, 0 Sé w oipwtas jyelBeto pi0o- 
‘ [Avoyevés Aaeptiddn, rodvpnyay’ ’Odvcced,] 
9 / 8 / Ss \ \ > , 5 
doé pe Saisovos aica Kaxn Kal abéchatos olvos* 
Kipxns 8 év peydp@ Kataréypevos ov évonoa 
- n >\ > / \ 
axyoppov KaTaBhvat tov és KrNiwaka paKxpny, 
b \ \ / / > / > \ 
aNAa KATAVTLKPU TEYyEos Tégov' Ex Sé wot avynV 

te 

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/ , 
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n / / / a 
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a] \ / / 0 a /, U4 
voodicbels, un Tol Te Oeoyv pHvipa yévopat, 
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n , / a a 9. 4 \ / 
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pa fe 4 bd > \ ? / > f / ‘ 
s é€pat’, adTap éy@ piv aperBomevos tpocéertrov 
c Te » 8 / , \ » > 
TAaUTA Tol, W SvaTHVE, TEAMEUTHTW TE Kal EpEw. 
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Nou pev @s érrécoow aperBopévw atuyepoicw. 
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Nucl, eyo pev avevOev éf’ aiwati pdcoyavov icyar, 
y 
eldwrov 8 éErépwOev éraipov oA ayopever. 


"Hdbe 8 eri wuyh pntpdos KatateOvnuins, 


70 


75 


THE ODYSSEY, XI. 363 


from my heart, and speaking to him in winged words I 
said : ‘ Elpénor, how came you hither to this murky gloom ? 
You were sooner here on foot than I in my black ship.’ 

“So I spoke, and with a groan he answered: ‘ High- 
born son of Laértes, ready Odysseus, an evil doom of God 
betrayed me, and excess of wine. At Circe’s hall, when I 
lay down, I did not notice how to come back again by way 
of the long ladder, but I fell headlong from the roof; my 
neck was broken from its socket, and my soul came down 
to the house of Hades. Now I entreat you by those left 
behind, not present here, even by your wife and by the 
father that took care of you when you were little, and by 
Telemachos, whom you left alone at home, — for I know, 
as you go hence out of the house of Hades, you will turn 
your stanch ship toward the island of Aiaia, — there, then, 
my master, [ charge you, think of me. Do not, in going, 
leave me behind, unwept, unburied, deserting me, lest I 
become a cause of anger to the gods against you; but 
burn me in the armor that is on me, and on the shore of 
the foaming sea erect the mound of an unhappy man that 
the men yet to be may ask my story. Do this for me, 
and plant upon my grave the oar with which in life I 
rowed among my comrades.’ 

“So he spoke, and answering him said I: ‘ Unhappy 
man, this will I carry out and do for you.’ 

“Tn such sad words conversing with each other, there 
we sat,—TI on the one side, holding my blade over the 
blood, while the spectre of my comrade, on the other, 
told of his many woes. : 

“ Now came the spirit of my dead mother, Antikleia, 


364 OAYSSEIAS A. 


/ ? 
AibtortKou Ovyarnp pmeyadytopos ’Avtixndeva, 85 
tiv Conv KatérevTrov twv eis "Idsov tpnp. 
Ti pev ey@ Saxpvoa idav érdénod Te Ovpe: 
/ 
GXN odd’ as elwy Tpotépny, TuKivoy Tep ayevwr, 
Y ) x \ / f 
aipatos adocov imev, mp Teipeciao mubécbat. 
"AndOe 8’ eri wuyt OnBaiov’ Terpeciao, w0 
xpvccov oKhTTpov éxwv, ewe d° yyw Kal Tpocéertre: 
‘[Aioyevés Aaeptiadn, morvpHnyar’ ’Odvaced, | 
tint avt, ® SvaTnve, AUT@V haos HEdioLo 
a v7 7 / \ > / lal 
nrvbes, Obpa idn véxvas Kal aTEpTréa Y@por ; 
Grr’ atoyateo BdOpou, amucye Sé pdoyavov ofv, 95 
aiuatos éppa mim Kat Tor vnweptéa elo.’ 
/ 
“Qs hat, éyo 8 avaxacodpevos Eidos apyupondov 
a 2 4 ? c igen \ / \ 
Kovre@ éyxatémne: o 8’ éret lev alwa Kedawvor, 
‘ 
kal Tote 59 pw éméeoot Tpoonvda pavTis auvpov: 
, a 
‘ Nootov difnar perindéa, paid ’Odvaced- 100 
\ / > / / , > \ 7/7 
Tov d€ Tot apyadéov Once Beds: ov yap diw 
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Anoew évvoriyatov, 6 Tor KoTov. évOeTo Bupa, 
yoopevos STi of viov hirov é€addwcas. 
> Oe / Va / / v 
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ai K’ é0édns cov Ovpoy épveaxéew Kal éraipor, 105 
e lal n 
OTTOTE KE TPOTOV TeraoNsS evepyéa vja 
/ / \ > 
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> / / / / ae « 
et 0€ Ke oivnat, TOTE TOL TeKpalpop’ GrEOpov 
t aoe ALE : Hoar ? *y , 3 / 
vnl Te Kal ETapols'. avTOS 8’ ef Tép Kev advENS, 
>? \ a a ? / 7 , € ‘4 
oe KaKOs velal, OX€cas ato Taytas éTalpous, 


THE ODYSSEY, XI. 365 


daughter of brave Autolykos, whom I had left alive on 
setting forth for sacred Ilios. I wept to see her, and 
pitied her from my heart; but even so, I did not let her 
— deeply though it grieved me— approach the blood till 
I had made inquiry of Teiresias. 

“‘ Now came the spirit of Teiresias of Thebes, holding 
his golden sceptre, and he knew me, and said to me: 
‘High-born son of Laértes, ready Odysseus, why now, un- 
happy man, leaving the sunshine, have you come here to 
see the dead and all this cheerless region? Nay, draw 
back from the trench and turn your sharp blade from 
the blood, that I may drink and speak what will not fail.’ 

“So he spoke, and drawing back I thrust my silver- 
studded sword into its sheath. And after he had drunk 
of the dark blood, then thus the blameless seer addressed 
me : 

«You are looking for a joyous journey home, glorious 
Odysseus, but God will make it hard; for I do not think 
you will elude the Land-shaker, since he has laid up in his 
heart wrath against you, angry because you blinded his 
dear son. Yet even so, by meeting hardship you may 
still reach home, if you will curb the passions of yourself 
and crew when once you bring your stanch ship to the 
Thrinakian island, safe from the dark blue sea, and come 
on the pasturing kine and sturdy flocks of the Sun, who 
all things oversees, all overhears. If you leave these un- 
harmed and heed your homeward way, you still may come 
to Ithaka, though you shall meet with hardship. But if 
you harm them, then I predict the loss of ship and crew ; 
and even if you yourself escape, late shall you come, in evil 

25 


366 OAYSSEIAS A. 


ynos én’ adrotpins: Shes 8’ év rhyata oiKke, 115 
dvSpas wrepdiddrous, of Tor Blorov Katédovat 
pvopevor avTiOénv aroxov Kal &va S.dovTes. 
avn Tow Kelvov ye Bias atroticeas €or: 
avuTap émnv pynoThpas evi peyadpoior Teoice 
kreivyns ne Som 4 apghaddoyv o€& yarke, 120 
” Xt \ 7A > \ 
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els 6 Ke Tors adhixnat of ovK icact Odrdaccay 
mee > / > @ / iO ” 
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> ae 4 / > »+ / , 
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2? ae See Date) \ / \ \ I 
ovd’ evnpe épeTua, Ta TE TTEPA Vnvaol TédOVTAL. 125 
onua Sé ToL épéw par’ apippadces, ovdéE ce Ajoet* 
e 
ommote Kev 64 Tor EvpAnpmevos AAXos odiTNs 
/ > \ ” > \ / + 
dyn aOnpnrouyov éyew ava hawdino ou, 
Kat Tote 5) yain wHEas edfjpes épeTpor, 
péEas tepa xara Ilocedawv advaxte, 130 
\ A a 
apvetov Tadpev te cvav T émiByiTopa KaTrpor, 
oixad’ atrootelyew epdew 0 tepas ExaTouBas 
10 / fa val \ bd \ ee 4 
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maot war é&eins: Odvatos Sé Tor é& adds aiTo 
> \ al 
aBAnypos para Tolos éXeUceTat, bs KE oe TEhYN 185 
/ a 
ynpat btro NiTrap@® apnpuévov: audi dé raol 
li 
dABiot ExcovTat Ta dé ToL vnpepTéa ecipw. 
“Ao 2 ’ Se ee ep > q L : 
¢ pat’, avTap éyo wiv aperBouevos Tpocéertrov 
‘ Teipecin, Ta pev dp tov éréxAwoav Oeoi avTot. 
> BA 
aXN aye pot TOde eitré Kal aTpexéws KaTade~ov" 140 
\ f 6 Ge ; \ ’ 
HnTtpos THVvd’ Opow wWuynv KataTeOvnuins* 
4 ve / > 
9 8 akéova’ hotat ayedov aipatos, ovd’ édv viov 
” > n 
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> é ” n / > / A 7 > 
eve, avak, mas Kév pe avayvoln TOV éovTA ; 


THE ODYSSEY, XI. 367 


plight, with loss of all your crew, on the vessel of a stran- 
ger. At home you shall find trouble, —bold men devour- 
ing your living, wooing your matchless wife, and giving 
gifts. Nevertheless, on your return, you surely shall 
avenge their crimes. But after you have slain the suit- 
ors in your halls, whether by stratagem or by the sharp 
sword boldly, then journey on, bearing a shapely oar, 
until you reach the men that know no sea, and do not 
eat food mixed with salt ; they therefore have no knowl- 
edge of the red-cheeked ships, nor yet of shapely oars 
that are the wings of ships. And I will give a sign easy 
to be observed, which shall-not fail you: whenever another 
traveler, meeting you, shall say you have a winnowing 
fan on your white shoulder, there fix in the ground your 
shapely oar, and make fit offerings to Lord Poseidon — 
a ram, a bull, and the sow’s mate, a boar, — and turn- 
ing homeward offer sacred hecatombs to the immortal 
gods who hold the open sky, all in the order due. Upon 
yourself death from the sea shall very gently come, and 
cut you off when bowed with hale old age; round you 
shall be a prosperous people. I speak what will not 
fail.’ | 

“He spoke, and answering him I said: ‘Teiresias, 
these are the threads of destiny the gods themselves have 
spun. Nevertheless, declare me this, and plainly tell: I 
see the spirit of my dead mother here; silent she sits be- 
side the blood and has not, although I am her son, deigned 
to look in my face or speak to me. Tell me, my master, 
how may she know that it is 1?’ 


368 OAYSSEIAS A. 


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Teipeciao dvaxtos, émel kata Oéopar énrekev: 
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avTap éyav avToD uévov Eutredov, Opp’ emt unTNP 
nrvbe Kai tiev aiwa Kedawedés: avdtixa 8’ éyva, 
/ > a / 7 / / 
Kal pw OAopupopévn Errea TTEepdevTa Tpocnvoa’ 
‘ Téxvov éuov, mas HAGes brs Lodhov Hepoevta 155 
Cwos éov ; yarerov 5é rade Swoiow opacbar. 
/ \ / \ \ \ [a4 
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4 vov 89 Tpoindev aropevos évOad’ ixdves 160 
vni te Kal érdpoot Trodvy Ypovoy ; ovdé Tw %dOEs 
an > 
els "[0adxnv, ovd’ ides evi peydpoict yuvaixa ; 
“Ns éfat’, avtap éyd piv aperBopevos mpocéertrov* 
‘ phrep éun, ype pe KaTrHyayev eis "Aidao 
wuyn xpnoopevov OnBaiov Tevpeciao: 165 
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THE ODYSSEY, XI. 369 


“So I spoke, and straightway answering me said he: 
‘A simple saying I will tell and fix it in your mind: 
whomever among those dead and gone you let approach 
the blood, he shall declare the truth. But whomsoever 
you refuse, he shall go back again.’ 

‘So saying, into the house of Hades passed the spirit - 
of the great Teiresias, after telling heaven’s decrees; but 
I still held my place until my mother came and drank of 
the dark blood. She knew me instantly, and sorrowfully 
said in winged words: 

“¢¢ My child, how came you hither to this murky gloom, 
while still alive? Awful to the living are these sights. 
Great rivers are between, and fearful floods, — mightiest 
of all Okeanos, not to be crossed on foot ; no, not without 
a strong-built ship. Have you but now come here, upon 
your way from Troy, wandering a long time with your ship 
and crew? Did you not go to Ithaka, nor see your wife 
at home ?’ 

‘So she spoke, and answering her I said: ‘ My mother, 
need brought me to the house of Hades, that I might here 
consult the spirit of Teiresias of Thebes. I have not yet 
been near Achaia, nor once set foot upon my land, but have 
been always wandering and meeting sorrow since the first 
day I followed royal Agamemnon to Ilios, famous for its 
horses, to fight the Trojans there. But come, declare me 
this, and plainly tell: what doom of death that lays men 
low o’erwhelmed you? Some long disease? Or did the 
huntress Artemis attack and slay you with her gentle ar- 
rows? And tell me of my father and the son I left; still 


370 OAYSSEIAS A. 


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4} aru wap Kelvoow pov yépas, HE Tes HSN 
avdpav drros exet, ewe 8’ odxére hact veerOar. 
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THE ODYSSEY, XI. 371 


in their keeping are my honors? Or does at last an alien 
hold them, while men say that I shall come no more? 
Tell me, moreover, of my wedded wife, her wishes and her 
thoughts. Is she now staying by her child, and keeping 
all in safety? Or was she cities married by some chief 
of the Achaians ?’ 

‘So I spoke, and straight my honored mother answered : 
‘Indeed she stays with patient heart in your own halls, 
. and wearily her nights and days are wasted with her 
tears. Nobody yet holds your fair honors ; in peace Te- 
lemachos farms your demesne, and sits at equal feasts 
where it befits the lawgiver to be a guest; for all give him 
a welcome. Your father still remains among the fields, 
and comes no more to the town. Bed has he-none, bed- 
stead, or robes, or bright-hued rugs; but through the win- 
ter he sleeps in the house where servants sleep, in the dust 
beside the fire, and wears upon his body sorry clothes. 
Then when the summer comes, and fruitful autumn, wher- 
ever he may be about his slope of vineyard-ground a bed 
is piled of leaves fallen on the earth. There lies he in dis- 
tress, woe waxing strong within, longing for your return ; 
and hard old age comes on. Even so I also died and met 
my doom: not that at home the sure-aiming huntress at- 
tacked and slew me with her gentle arrows; nor did a 
sickness come, which oftentimes by sad decay steals from 
the limbs the life ; but longing for you — your wise ways, 
glorious Odysseus, and your tenderness — took joyous life 
away. 

“As she thus spoke, I yearned, though my mind hesi- 


372 OAYSSEIAS A. 


/ yA 
pnTpos éuns wuynv édéewv KatateOvnuins. 
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tpis dé por éx xelpOv oKiH elxedov 7 Kal dvelp 
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THE ODYSSEY, XI. 373 


tated, to clasp the spirit of my mother, even if dead. 
Three times the impulse came ; my heart bade me to clasp 
her. Three times out of my arms like a shadow or a dream 
she flitted, and the sharp pain about my heart grew only 
more ; and speaking to her in winged words, I said: 

“«¢ My mother, why not stay for me who long to clasp 
you, so that even in the very house of Hades, throwing 
dear arms round one another, we two may take our fill of 
piercing grief? Or is it a phantom high Persephoné has 
sent, to make me weep and mourn the more ?’ 

“‘So I spoke, and straight my honored mother answered : 
‘Ah, my own child, beyond all men ill-fated! In no 
wise is Persephoné, daughter of Zeus, beguiling you, but 
this is the way with mortals when they die: the sinews 
then no longer hold the flesh and bones together ; for 
these the strong force of the blazing fire destroys when 
once the life leaves the white bones, and like a dream 
the spirit flies away. \ Nay, now, press quickly on into the 
light, and of all this take heed, to tell your wife here- 
after.’ | 

“So we held converse there ; but now the other women 
came — for high Persephoné had sent them — who were 
great men’s wives and daughters. Round the dark blood 
in throngs they gathered, and I considered how to ques- 
tion each. Then to my mind this seemed the wisest way : 
I drew my keen-edged blade from my stout thigh and did 
not let them all at once drink the dark blood, but one by 
one they came, and each declared her lineage, and I ques- 
tioned all. 


374 OAYSSEIAS A. 


"Ev0’ 4 tot mpatnv Tup® idov evrartépeayr, 235 
) pato Jarpwvijos autpovos exyovos elvat, 
gf dé Kpn@jos yurn Eupevat Aloribdao’ 

} jwotapod npacoat, ’Evirijos Geiouo, 
\ n lal 
Os moAU KdANCTOS TOTayaY érl yaiav tnot, 
kat p’ éw ’Evimijos mwdéoxeto Kara pécOpa. 240 
A ? | ae ’ / 
T@ 0’ dp’ eevrdpevos yainoyos évvociyatos 
> ipl lal 
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kupTwOev, Kpuirev 5é Ocov Ovntynv te yuvaika. 
[Atce 5€ wapOevinv favnv, cata 8’ brvov eyevev.] 45 
> \ > / e9 > / \ / ” 
auTap eel p’ eTéXeooe Oeds hirotynaia épya, 
4 a 4 e a A 9 >: Aw , 92019 
év T apa ol pv yeupt Eros T Edhar éx 7 ovopate: 

‘ Xaipe, yivar, prrornti, mepitrrAomévou 8’ éviavTod 
TéEeis ayAad Téxva, érel ovK aTrodwdLoL evval 
aBavatov: ov é rods Kopéeww aTiTadr<uevai Te. 250 

rn en \ a {of Age. / 
vov 5 épxev pos Sapa, Kal icyeo pnd’ ovoynvys: 

> \ > 4 U > / > / > 
avutTap éyw Tot ett ILocewdawy évociybav. 

“Qs eirav tro wévtov édvceto KupaivovTa. 

» 8’ wroxvoapévn ITeXinv téxe nal Nnrja, 

To Kpatep@ OeparovTe Aos peydrowo yevéo Onv 255 
appotépw* IIedins pev ev edpvyopo ’lawdK@ 

vate Todvpnvos, 0 8 ap év IlvAw jpaGoevte. 

tous 6 érépovs KpnOiu téxev Bacireva yuvatxav. 
Aicova 7 75é Dépynr ’ApuvOdova 0 immioydpynv. 

Tiv 8é per ’Avtiorny Sov, ’Acwroio Ovyatpa, 260 
ra &; \ A ‘ 7 > ee b] / 7 a 
On Kal Atos edyer’ ev ayxolynow iadoat, 

Kal p étexev S00 maid’, "Audiova te ZHOov Te, 
of mpa@to. OnBns os exticay értarvxro10, 


/ / > > \ > \ > £ / > 2D 7 
Tupyooav T, émel ov pev atripywtov xy édvvayTo 


THE ODYSSEY, XI. 375 


‘‘ There I saw Tyro first, of noble ancestry, who told of 
being sprung from gallant Salméneus ; told how she was 
the wife of Kretheus, son of Aiolos. She loved a river- 
god, divine Enipeus, who flows the fairest of all streams 
on earth. So she would wander by the fair currents of 
Enipeus, in guise of whom the» Land-shaker, who girds 
the land, lay with her at the outpouring of the eddying 
stream. A purple wave encompassed them, high as a hill 
and arching, which hid the god and mortal woman. He 
loosed the maiden’s girdle and shed on her a sleep. 
Then when the god had done the deeds of love, he grasped 
her hand and spoke and thus addressed her : 

““* Be happy, lady, in my love! In the revolving year 
you shall bear noble children ; for the beds of the immor- 
tals are not barren. Rear them yourself, and cherish them. 
And now go home. Hold fast, and speak it not: I am 
Poseidon, the shaker of the earth.’ 

“Saying this, he plunged into the surging sea. She 
then, conceiving, bore Pelias and Neleus, who both became 
strong ministers of mighty Zeus. elias dwelt in the 
open country of Iaolkos, rich in flocks; the other at 
sandy Pylos. And sons to Kretheus, also, this queen of 
women bore, — Aison and Pherés and Amythaon the 
charioteer. 

“And after her I saw Antiopé, Asopos’ daughter, who 
boasted she had lain in the embrace of Zeus himself. 
And so she bore two sons, Amphion and Zethos, who first 
laid the foundations of seven-gated Thebes, and fortified 
it ; because unfortified, they could not dwell in open 
Thebes, for all their power. 


376 OAYSSEIAS A. 


, > , / , af 
valéwev evpvyopov OnBnv, kpatep@ Tep éovTe. 


Tyv dé per ’Adkunvnv ov, ’Awditptwvos aKoutev, 


% p ‘Hpaxdja Opacvpépvova Ovporéovta 

yeivat év ayxolvnot Ads peyddovo puyeioa* 

kal Meydpnv, Kpeiovtos brepOiporo Ovyatpa, 

Thv éxev ’Auditpbavos vids pévos aiey atevpys. 
Mnrépa 7 Oidirddao iSov, kadjv ’Emixdorny, 

) peya Epyov Epeev aidpelnot voovo, 

ynuapevn @ vier o 8 bv tratép’ é&evapi~as 

Yyijpev: apap 8 avarvota Oeot Oécav avOpérroow. 

aN Oo pev év OnByn worunpdt@ adryea Tacyov 

Kaspciwv jvacce Ocav odrods Sia Bovadrds: 

» 5 &Bn eis "Aidao muAdpTao KpaTepoio, 

ayapevn Bpdxov aimty af’ invnroio pedrdOpou, 


¥ 


@ aye cxouévn’ TO 8’ ANyea KANT Orrico 

TOANA pan’, Gooa Te pNTpos epwves EexTEdEov~ar. 
Kai X)dapww eidov mepixarr€a tHv tote Nndeds 

yipev éov bua Kdd2Xos, errel Tope pupia va, 

oTdotatny Kovpnv ’Audiovos ’Iacidao, 

ds tor’ év ‘Opyoueve Muvveiw idi avaccer: 

» O€ IIvvov Bacireve, téxev Sé of aydad Téxva, 

Néotopa te Xpoplov te Iepixddpevov 7’ ayépwxov. 

toiat 8’ ém’ idOiuny IInpw réxe, Oadpa Bporoiat, 

Thy TavTes pvoovtTo Tepixtitar’ ovdé te Nnreds 

T@® €didov Os ph EAvkas Boas ebpupeTwrrous 

éx Durdkns érdceve Bins "Idixrneins 

apyaréas: tas 8’ olos trécyeTo pavTis a&pvuov 

éEehaav: yarerh S¢ Ocod xatda poipa rédyc¢, 

decpol 7 dpyadéor Kat Bovkdror aypodrar. 

GN’ bre 8 wives te Kal hyukpar eLeTercdvTO 


270 


275 


THE ODYSSEY, XI. 3TT 


“‘ And after her I saw Alkmené, wife of Amphitryon, — 
her who bore dauntless Herakles, the lion-hearted, yield- 
ing to the embrace of mighty Zeus; and Megara, high 
Kreon’s daughter, whom the son of Amphitryon had to 
wife, — he who in vigor never tired. 

“ The mother of Oidipous I saw, fair Epikasté, who did 
a monstrous deed through ignorance of heart, in marrying 
her son. He, having slain his father, married her; and 
soon the gods made the thing known to men. He at de- 
lightful Thebes in woe ruled over the Kadmeians, through 
the gods’ destroying purpose; and she went down to 
Hades, the strong gaoler, fastening a fatal noose to the 
high rafter, abandoned to her grief. To him she left be- 
hind the many woes that the avengers of a mother cause 
to follow. 

“ Beautiful Chloris, too, I saw, whom Neleus once mar- 
ried for her beauty after making countless gifts, — the 
youngest daughter of that Amphion, son of Iasos, who once 
held powerful sway at Minyan Orchomenos. She was the 
queen of Pylos, and bore Neleus noble children, — Nestor 
and Chromios and Periklymenos the headstrong. And 
beside these she bore that stately Pero, the marvel of 
mankind, whom all her neighbors wooed. But to none 
would Neleus give her save to him who should drive from 
Phylaké the crook-horned, broad-browed kine of mighty 
Iphiklos, —and dangerous kine were they. None but a 
blameless seer would undertake to drive them; but the 
harsh doom of God prevented, — the cruel bonds and 
clownish herdsmen. Yet after months and days were 


378 OAYSSEIAS A. 


dal mepiteANopévou Eteos Kal érydvOov wpat, 
Kal ToTe bn pw edrvaoe Bin ’Idixrneln, 


Oéchata wav7 eitrovta: Atos 8° étereleTro Boudry. 


Kai Anédnv eidov, tov Tvvdapéov tapdaxoituv, 
A eR \ T 8 / / / to 
i p’ td Tuvdapém xpatepodpove yelvato traide, 


Kdoropa 0’ immédapov cal rv& ayabov IIodvdevxea, 300 


rors audw Cwors Katéxes puaifoos aia: 

od kal vépOev yiis tiny mpos Zyvos exovtes 

ddrote pev Cwova’ Etepypepot, adAoTE 5’ avTe 

reOvacw: Tiny 5€ AeAOyyacw ica Oeoicr. 
Ti dé per “Idiyédecav, “AXwhos mapaxoiry, 

elavdov, ) 8) pacKke IIocedadwvi peyivar, 

kal p érexev dv0 Traide, pwvvOadio 5é yevérOnv, 

°Qrov 7 avtiWcov Tnrexrectev 7 ’Ediadrnp, 

ods 89 pniotous Opéwe Seidwpos apovpa 

kal TONY KadAioTOUS peTa ye KAUTOV ’Lpiwva 

évvéwpor yap tol ye Kal évvearrnyees oav 

eDpos, aTap uhKos ye yevecOny evvedpyuiot. 

of pa Kal aBavatoow areidjrnv év OM pre 

guroTida oTHoEW ToAVaLKOS TONEMOLO. 


810 


"Occav ér Odrturro péuacav Oéuev, adtap ér’ "Ooo 
Z 7) 


IIjrwov eivocidvrAror, tv’ odpavos auBatos ein. 
/ 

kai vd Kev é&eTéXecoay, ei HBns pétpov tkovTo: 

arn drecev Atos vids, dv H’KOMOS Téxe AnTOo, 

> / / e \ / p a 3 

aupotepw, tplv opww vie Kpotadototv LovdAouS 

> n / / > / / 

avOjoat tuKcdcat Te yévus evavOEer Nayry. 


Paidpnv te IIpoxpw re idov xarjv 7 ’Apiddyny, 


kovpnv Mivaos oroddpovos, tv tote Onaeds 
éx Kpnrns és youvoyv "AOnvdav tepdwv 


rye pev, ovd’ amrovnto* mdpos é piv "Apremis Exta 


816 


THE ODYSSEY, XI. 379 


spent, as the year rolled around and the seasons came 
again, then mighty Iphiklos released him on his telling 
all the oracles. The will of Zeus was done. 

“ Leda I saw, the wife of Tyndareus, who bore to Tyn- 
dareus two stalwart sons: Kastor, the horseman, and Poly- 
deukés, good at boxing. These two in a kind of life the 
nourishing earth now holds; and even beneath the earth 
they have from Zeus the boon that to-day they be alive, 
although to-morrow dead; and they are allotted honors 
like the gods. 

“Next, Iphimedeia I saw, wife of Aloéus, who said 
that she had lain beside Poseidon. And so she bore two 
children, but short-lived they proved, — Otos, the godlike, 
and the far-famed Ephialtes, — whom the fruitful earth 
made grow to be the tallest and the most beautiful of men, 
after renowned Orion; for at nine years they were nine 
cubits broad, and in height they reached nine fathoms. 
Therefore they even threatened the immortals with raising 
on Olympos the din of furious war. Ossa they strove to 
set upon Olympos, and upon QOssa leafy Pelion, that so 
the heavens might be scaled. And this they would have 
accomplished, had they but reached the period of their 
vigor; but the son of Zeus whom fair-haired Leto bore 
destroyed them both before below their temples the downy 
hair had sprung and covered their chins with the fresh 
beard. 

“‘Phaidra and Prokris, too, I saw, and beautiful Ariadné, 
daughter of cunning Minos, whom once from Crete The- 
seus had tried to bring to the slopes of sacred Athens. 
But he gained naught thereby; before she came, Artemis 


380 OAYSSEIAS A. 


Ain év audipttn Avovicov paptupiner. 825 
Maipdv te KXupévny te Sov otuyepnv 7 ’EpidbdaAnv, 
p 
\ } > \ In/ A 
) xpucov pirov avdpos édéEato Timjevta. 
macas §’ ovK av éy® pvOjcopar ovd’ dvoynve, 
dacas ipwwv adoxous idov 7dé OvyaTpas: 
mpl yap Kev Kal vvE pOir duBpotos. adda Kal apn 
evdew, él via Bonv érOovr’ és éraipous 831 
) avtov: troumn Sé Ocois byiv te perrjoes.’ 
“Ds pal’, of 8’ dpa wavtes axnv éyévovto ciwTh, 
KnrnOue@ 8 Exyovto Kata péyapa oKLoerTa. 
toicw 8’ ’Apntn AevKw@AEVOS HpxeTo pvOwv: 835 
‘ @ / rth: ” RRS e / = 
ainkes, TAS Uupiv avnp dd5e daiveTtar eivat 
eldos Te péyeOds Te ide hpévas evdov éicas ; 
a > Ce a > 4 > a 
Ecivos 8° avr’ éuos éotw, Exactos 8’ Eupope Tiis: 
TO pl) errevyopevot atroTréwrrete, pnde Ta SOpa 
oto ypnifovTs KodoveTe* TOAAA yap Vupw 840 
KTnpat évi peyapotot Oedy ioTnTe KéovTaL.’ 
Toto 5é cal petéevre yépwv fpws “Eyévnos, 
AN \ 0 > a , 5 
[ds 87 Dainxwv avdpwov mpoyeveorepos jev:| 
©°) diror, od pav tyuly ard oKoTrod ovd’ ao dokns 
pvbcirar Bacireva tepidpwv: adra TibecOe. 845 
"Adxwoov 8° ék Todd’ éyetas Epyov Te eros Te. 
Tov 8 att ’Ardkivoos arapelBeto povncev Te 
‘rovTO pév ovTw 62 éoTtat Erros, al Kev eyw YE 
Cwos Dainnecot PidnpéTpoicw avacow’ 
Ecivos 5é TAnTM, para ep vorTowo yaTifwv, 350 
éumns ody émripeivas és avptov, eis 0 Ke TAacaY 
Swtivny tTedéow: Toph 8 advdpecot pedjoet 
va t um 4 / a \ , 4 ae ht \ 6n ’ 
Tact, partota 8° éwoi: Tov yap Kpatos Ear’ Evi Ong. 
Tov 8’ atraperBopevos mpocédn trodvpntis ’Odvaceds* 


THE ODYSSEY, XI. 3881 


slew her in sea-girt Dia, because of what was testified by 
Dionysos. 

“ Maira and Klymené I saw, and odious Eriphylé who 
accepted precious gold as the price of her own husband. 
But all I cannot tell, nor even name the many heroes’ 
wives and daughters that I saw; ere that, the immor- 
tal night would wear away. Nay, it is time to sleep, at 
the swift ship among the crew, or here. My journey hence 
rests with the gods and you.” 

Such were his words: they all were hushed to silence, 
held by the spell throughout the dusky hall. White-armed 
Areté was the first to speak: “ Phaiakians, how seems 
to you this man in beauty, height, and balanced mind 
within? My guest indeed he is, but each one shares the 
honor. Be not in haste, then, to dismiss him, nor stint 
your gifts to one so needy; for by the favor of the gods 
great wealth lies in your houses.” 

Then also spoke the old lord Echenéos, who was the 
oldest of Phaiakian men: “ My friends, not wide of the 
mark, nor wide of what befits her, speaks the wise queen ; 
therefore give heed. But word and work rest with Al- 
kinods here.” 

Then answered him Alkinoés and said: “ Thus, as she 
speaks, that word shall be, if I be now the living lord of 
oar-loving Phaiakians! But let our guest, however zeal- 
ous for his journey, consent to stay, at all events until to- 
morrow, till I shall make our gift to him complete. To 
send him hence shall be the charge of all, and chief of 


all of me; for power within this land rests here.” 
26 3 


382 OAYSSEIAS A. 


‘"Anrxivoe Kpelov, Tavtwv apidelxeTe Naar, 855 
el we Kal eis eviavToy avwyor avToO. pipvewy, 
Toumny T OTpvvoLTE Kal ayaa Sapa SidoiTe, 
/ 
Kai Ke TO Bovdoiunv, Kal Kev Trodrw Képd.ov ein, 
TrevoTépn ory yeipl pirnv és tatpid’ ixécOar: 
Kai x aidovoTtepos Kal Pidrtepos avdpdow elnv 360 
nr A > > / > / / > 
macw, dc00 w L0dxnvde idolato vootncavta. 
Tov 8 adr’ ’Adklvoos arapetBeto dovyncév Te* 
‘ 3S °"0O8 n \ \ + / 1337 > / 
@ voed, TO pev ov Tio éloKopev eicopowyTes 
nrepoThna T éwev Kal érixdotrov, ola Te ToAXOUS 
, a t / > , 
Booke yaia pérXawa Todrvotrepéas avOpwTrous 865 
/ / - hae: 4 ¢ / > a 
wevdea 7 aptivoytas, b0ev Ké Tis ovdE idolTO* 
col 6’ me pev popdy érréwv, Eve 5€ hpéves écOal, 
fa! > e eS x \ > / / 
pd0ov 8’ ws br daowdos érictapévos KatéreEas, 
/ a 2 / / b] > an / ‘ 
mavtov T ’Apyelwv céo T avTov Kydea AvYpa. 
GAN aye mot Tee etme Kal aTpeKéws KaTaNeEor, 870 
»” > / e / ” v4 4 D > fal 
el twas avTiOéwy éEtapwv ides, of Tor du avT@ 
v > y 3 ¢ \ > a ‘ 5 , 
Intov eis Gy Errovto Kat adtod motpov érécTop. 
vv— § nde para paxpn abéchatos: ovdé Tw HPN 
eDdew ev peyapm: aod Sé pou Aéye OécKeda Epya. 
/ > bial a > / ¢ \ 
Kal Kev és 7@ Siav avacyoiunv, Ste wor od 875 
/ b] / / / > 
Trains év peyapo Ta oa KHdea pvOnocacBar. 
/ 
Tov 8’ arapevBopevos tpocédn trodvpntis ‘Odvacers* 
‘ "Adxivoe xpeiov, Tavtwv apideixeTe Aawr, 
(4 \ / 50 ef be Ai, 
apn pev troreav pv0wv, @pn Sé Kal drrvov- 
el 8’ ér dxovémevai ye AtAaleat, ovK av eyo YE 380 
4 f \ > oD Ho a 
TovT@v cot POovéoipws Kal oixTpoTep AAN ayopevaat, 
Knde éuov érapwv, ot 6) peToTicbev drovrTo, 
“a , \ e ld , > % 
ot Tpawrv péev bvreEépuyov octTovoeccay avTny, 
fol / 
év voot@ 5’ amoXovtTo Kakhs ioTnTL yuvatKos. 


THE ODYSSEY, XI. 383 


Then wise Odysseus answered him and said: “ Mighty 
Alkinods, renowned of all, if you should bid me linger 
here throughout the year and then should send me on my 
way giving me brilliant gifts, this is what I would choose ; 
for much more to my profit would it be with fuller hands 
to reach my native land. Then should I be regarded 
more and welcomed more by all who saw me coming home 
to Ithaka.” 

Then answered him Alkinoés and said: “ Odysseus, 
we judge you from your looks to be no cheat or thief ; 
though many are the men the dark earth breeds, and 
scatters far and wide, who fashion falsehoods out of what 
no man can see. But you have a grace of word and a 
noble mind within, and you told your tale as skilfully as 
if you were a bard, relating all the Argives’ and your own 
sore troubles. But come, declare me this, and plainly 
tell: did you see any of the godlike comrades who went 
with you to Ilios and there met doom? The night is very 
long; yes, vastly long. The hour for sleeping in the hall 
is not yet come. Tell me the wondrous story. I could 
be well content till sacred dawn, if here in my hall you 
had the patience to relate your woes.” 

Then wise Odysseus answered him and said: “ Lord 
Alkinoés, renowned of all, there is a time for a long story 
and a time for sleep; yet if you wish to listen longer, I 
myself would not shrink from telling tales more pitiful 
than these,— the woes of my companions who perished 
later on, men who escaped the grievous war-cry of the 


Trojans to die on their return through a wicked woman’s 
will. 


384 OAYSSEIAS A. 


Aitap éel uyas pev ameckédac’ addvdis GAAQ 885 


dyvn ITepoepovera yuvaikav Ondvtepawr, 
HrAOe &’ él apuyn ‘Ayapéuvovos *Arpeidao 


adyvupevn* tepl 6’ adrat aynyépal’, docor dw avT@ 


, / 
olxm év AlyicOovo Oavov Kai Totpov éréoTrov. 


a , 
éyva 8 ai’ éué Keivos, émel miev alua Kedatvov* 
kraie 8’ 6 ye Avyéws, Garepov cata Saxpvov eiBar, 


mitvas els ewe yelpas, opéEacOar peveaivar: 
GXN ov yap ot ér’ hy ts Ewrredos ovd€ TL Kikus, 
oin ep mTapos éoxev évl yvauTroiot pédecot. 
\ \ , BOE. , ON / / heed 
Tov pev eyo Saxpvoa id@v édénod Te Oupe, 
Kal piv povicas rea TrEepdevTa TpocnvowV* 
‘Atpeiin xvducte, avak avdpav, ‘Ayapeuvov, 
Tis vb oe Kp eddpacce Tavnreyéos PavaToto ; 
S$ / > > / / 3 , 
jhe oé yf év vinecot Iloceidawy edapaccev 
bpoas apyadéov avépov auéyaptov avtpnr, 
9/7 > ake / 4 > , > eae * / 
He o avapovo advdpes edndrjoavt éml yépoou 
Bovs trepitapvopevov 5’ olay mwca Kana, 
NE TEpl TTOALOS paYEeovpEevOY HOE yUVAaLKaD ;’ 


“As épaunv, 0 Sé pw’ adrtix’ dweiBopevos mpocéeitre* 


‘ duoyeves Aaeptiadyn, Trorvpnyav’ ’Odvaced, 

39 OF / + Boa / / > / 

our ewe y év vyecot Iloceddwy éddpaccer, 
époas apyadéwy avéwov ayéyaptoy auTpnr, 

EA ee DE bd 2 A Mee , 
oUTe » avdpotot avdpes ednAjcavT’ él yxépcov, 
GAG por Aiyiobos tevEas Odvatov Te popov Te 


y \ 
€xTad ovV ovrAOMEVN AOY@, oiKdVde Kadéccas, 


/ e U a 
devrviccas, &s Tis Te KaTéKxTave Body emi hatvn. 
a , > / a 
@s Oavov oixticte Oavatm: mept 8 ddrou éEraipor 


, / , A > , 
voOrEe“ews KTElVOYTO, TES BS apyLodovTes, 
7&7 n 
ot pa T év advevod avdpos péya Suvapévoto 


890 


405 


410 


THE ODYSSEY, XI. 385 


“When then chaste Persephoné had scattered here 
and there those spirits of tender women, there came the 
spirit of Agamemnon, son of Atreus, sorrowing. Around 
thronged other spirits of such as by his side had died at 
the house of Aigisthos, and there had met their doom. 
He knew me as soon as he had tasted the dark blood; 
and then he wailed aloud and let the big tears fall, and 
stretched his hands forth eagerly to grasp me. But no, 
there was no strength or vigor left, such as was once 
within his supple limbs. I wept to see, and pitied him 
from my heart, and speaking to him in winged words I 
said : Y 

“*¢ Great son of Atreus, Agamemnon, lord of men, what 
doom of death that lays men low o’erwhelmed you? 
Was it that on your ships Poseidon smote you, raising 
the unwelcome blast of cruel winds? Or did your foes 
destroy you on the land, while you were cutting off their 
kine or their fair flocks of sheep, or while you fought to 
win their town and carry away their women ?’ 

“So I spoke, and straightway answering me said he: 
‘No, high-born son of Laértes, ready Odysseus, upon my 
ships Poseidon did not smite me, raising the unwel- 
come blast of cruel winds, nor did my foes destroy me on 
the land: it was Aigisthos, plotting death and doom, 
who slew me, aided by my accursed wife, when he had 
bidden me home and feasted me, just as one cuts the ox 
down in the stall. So thus I died, a lamentable death, 
and all my men, with no escape, were slain around me, 
like the white-tusked swine at some rich, powerful man’s 


386 OAYSSEIAS A. 


) yauo 7 épdve 1) eiharivy TeOadvin. 
non pev Torkov hovm avdpav avteBorncas, 
on 
pouvaé Kxrewopéevov Kal évl kpateph toplvy: 
GrANd Ke Kiva pddiota iO@y odopipao Dupo, 
a / 
@s audi Kpntipa tpaméfas te wANOovcas 
KeiweO” evi peyapw, Sdedov 8’ arav aipati dev. 
, > / 8’ a ” IT / 0 \ 
oixtpotatny 8 HKovoa ora II piduovo Ovyarpos, 
\ a 
Kaccavépns, thv xreive KXutarpynotpn Sodopntis 
4 \ a 
aud éuol’ avtap éyw moti yaln yeipas delpwv 
/ nr 
BarXov arrobvncKkav repli dacyave: 7 Sé KvvaTis 
/ 
vorpicat’, ovdé mor try lovte ep eis ’Aldao 
> na 
xepol Kat’ opOarpors éréew atv Te oro’ épeioat. 
a > : ee \ Uf ” \ 
WS OUK ALVOTEPOY Kat KUYTEPOY AAO YuUVAaLKOS 
[) tis 8 TovadTa peta dpectv épya Barnrat]: 
\ 
olov 5) Kal Keivn éunoato épyov aeKés, 
) 
f 
Kouploia tevEaca Toce hovov. % Tor pny ye 
adomdacs tTaideoow dé Sumecow éeuoiow 
olxad’ érevocc Oa: 4 8’ &Eoxa Avypa idvia 
of te Kat’ aloyos éyeve Kal éooopévnow oTiccw 
/ \ \ oo > > \ 4 b 
Onrutépnot yuvarEi, Kal } K’ EvEpyos Eno. 


“Qs épar’, aitap éyo pw aperBopevos tpocéertrov: 


‘@ qotrol, 7) para 67) yovov ‘Atpéos edpvoTra Zevs 
éxtrayros HYOnpe yuvaixeias bua Bovdas 

é& apyfs: “Edévns pev amrordoped’ eivexa rodnXol, 
col S€ Krutrawvnotpn Sorov Hptve tno’ éovee.’ 


435 


“Ds ébaunrv, o Sé wp adtix’ apwerBopevos mpocéertre* 440 


a a , 9 

‘T@ vov pH ToTe Kal ov yuvatki ep Hrtos elvat: 
a > 

pnd’ ot pd0ov dravta midavonéuev, bv x ed €idhs, 
9 

GAA TO pev daca, TO 5é Kal Kexpuppévoy civat. 


a , 
arr ov coi x’, ‘Odvced, povos Eroerar Ex ye yuvatKkos* 


THE ODYSSEY, XI. 387 


wedding, or banquet, or gay festival. In times gone by, 
you have been present at the death of many men, — men 
slain in single combat and in the press of war; yet here 
you would have felt your heart most touched with pity, 
to see how round the mixing-bowl and by the loaded ta- 
bles we lay about the hall, and all the pavement swam 
with blood. Saddest of all I heard was the cry of Pri- 
am’s daughter, Kassandra, whom crafty Klytaimnestra 
slew beside me; and I, on the ground, lifted my hands 
and clutched at my blade in dying. But she, the brutal 
woman, turned away, and did not deign, though I was 
going to the house of Hades, to draw with her hand my 
eyelids down and press my lips together. Ah, what can 
be more horrible and like a brute than woman when to 
such deeds as this she turns her mind! And what a 
shameless deed she plotted to bring about the murder of 
the husband of her youth! Surely I thought I should be 
welcomed even by my children and my slaves, on coming 
to my home; but she, intent on such extremity of crime, 
brought shame upon herself and upon all of woman-kind 
who shall be born hereafter, even on well-doers also.’ 

“So he spoke, and answering him said I: ‘Alas! 
The line of Atreus far-seeing Zeus has sorely plagued with 
women’s arts, from the beginning: for Helen’s sake how 
many of us died; and Klytaimnestra fashioned against 
you treachery while you were far away.’ 

“‘So I spoke, and answering me said he: ‘ Never be you 
yourself, then, gentle to your wife, nor speak out all the 
matter that you really mean; but tell one part, and let one 
part be hid. “And yet on you, Odysseus, no violent death 


388 OAYSSEIAS A. 


Ainv yap miwuTyH Te Kal ed dpeol pHdea olde 445 
xovpn “Ixapiouo, twepippwv IInvedorresa. 
H wév pov voudnv ye vénv KaTedcitromev yuets 
> , / / / / e 4 > \ a 
épxopevor trodeuovde* mais Sé of Hv él palo 
vimvos, 6s Tou vov ye pet’ avdpav ier apiOue, 
bABu0s* yap Tov ye TaTHp Piros dWerar eAOov, 450 
Kal Kelvos Tatépa tpoomTuéetat, 1) Oéuis eoriv. 
€ ? > \ > , > n »” 
8 éun ovd€ mep vios évirrAncOHvar aKoLTIs 
2 a ” i / , s \ we. 
opbarpoicw ace’ mdpos dé we Tépve Kal avrov. 
[arrXo Sé Tou épéw, od 5’ evi dpeot Badrreo ofor: 
KpvBsnv, und’ avadhavda, pirnv és watpida yaiav 455 
via KaTioxyéuevar émrel ovKxéTe TicTa yuvarkiv.]| 
GX’ aye pot Tbe eimé Kal aTpexéws KaTare~or, 
5 4 , > / \ b] tal 
ei mov éTt fwovTos aKoveTe Tatdos éuolo, 
% tov év ‘Opyoueva, } év IIlvrk@ nyadoevte, 
wou wap Meveraw évi Yardpry edpein: 460 
> / / ) ye \ ” ? / > 
ov yap mw TéOvnxev eri yOovi dios ’Opécrns. 
a ” > > \ > / > ‘ / 
Qs epar’, avtap éyo pw apyerBopevos rpocéetrov: 
‘’Arpeldn, ti we tadra Sceipeas ; ovdé Te oida, 
foce 6 y  TéOvnke* Kaxov 8’ aveporia Bale, 
Nau pev ds érécoow adperBouévw otvyepotow 465 
€otapev ayvipevot, Oarepov cata Saxpu yéovTes* 
mrOe §’ eri Woyn Unrniddew ’Ayirjos 
kat IIatpoxdijos Kal dudpovos *Avtiroyoro 
Aiavtos 0’, ds dpiotos env cides te Séuas TE 
Tov a\dov Aavady per autvpova IIndelwva. 474 
éyva Sé uy pe Trod@xeos Aiaxidao, 
f 389." 2 , 4 f tA 
kat p oropupopevn érrea TTepoevTa tpoonvda: 
‘ Avoyeves Aaeptiddn, todupnyav’ ’Odvaced, 
, / > » al > % \ / ” 
oNXETMLE, TITT ETL pelfov evi ppecl pnoear Epryon ; 


THE ODYSSEY, XI. 389 


shall ever fall from your wife’s hand; for truly wise and 
of an understanding heart is the daughter of Ikarios, heed- 
ful Penelope. As a young bride we left her, on going to 
the war. <A child was at her breast, an infant then, who 
now perhaps sits in the ranks of men, — and happy, too; 
for his dear father, coming home, will see him, and he will 
meet his father with embrace, as children ought to do. 
But my wife did not let me feast my eyes upon my 
son; ere that could be, she slew me. Nay, I will tell you 
more ; lay it to heart. By stealth, not openly, bring in 
your ship to your own shore, for there is no more faith 
in women. ) But come, declare me this, and plainly tell 
if you hear my son is living still —at Orchomenos, per- 
haps, or sandy Pylos, or at the home of Menelaos in broad 
Sparta; for surely upon the earth royal Orestes has not 
died.’ 

“So he spoke, and answering him said I: ‘O son of 
Atreus, why question me of this? I do not_ know if he 
be alive or dead. _To speak vain words i is ill. ”) 

“In such sad words conversing with each other mourn- 
fully we stood, letting the big tears fall. And now there 
came the spirit of Achilles, son of Peleus, and of Patro- 
klos also, of gallant Antilochos, and then of Ajax who 
was the first in beauty and in stature among all Danaiins 
after the gallant son of Peleus. But the spirit of swift- 
footed Aiakides knew me, and wailing said to me in 
winged words : 

“** Ffigh-born son of Laértes, ready Odysseus, rash as 
you are, what will you undertake more desperate than this! 


390 OAYSSEIAS A. 


mas @trns "Avdoode cated Oéuev, EvOa Te vexpol 475 
adpadées valovot, Bpotav eldwda Kapovtwv ;’ 
a + 5) a0 % OAY, > ’ , 
Ds pat, avTap éyw pw aperBopevos mpocéerTrov* 
‘@ "Ayired, IInréos vie, péya héptat’ “Ayaan, 
HrOov Tewperiao Kata ypéos, et twa BovdAnv 
elrot, OTrw@s “IOaxnv és waitraddeooay ixolnv: 480 
ov yap Tw oxedov rAOov ‘Axyatidos, oVSE Ta aps 
yhs émréBnv, aN aiev yw Kanda: aeio 8’, “Ayirred, 
ov Tis avnp TpoTapolWe paxaptatos ovT ap’ oTricco. 
mplv wev yap oe Cwov ériopev ica Ocoiow 
b] A a io / U Ul 
Apyetou, viv atte péeya Kparéeis vexverow 485 
> / > Bd tal / \ > / > “a? 
évOad’ éov: TO pH TL Oavov axayilev, ’Axirred. 
a > / ¢ , > | fe BE TERE U , 
Qs épaunv, o S€ pw adtix’ apevBopevos tpocéetre 
‘un 8 por Oavarév ye tapavda, paidi’ ’Odvoced. 
/ hoa | , 3\ / ” 
Bovrolunv x émapoupos éwv Ontevépev adro, 
avépt tap’ akdrjnpo, & pn Biotos Todds ein, 490 
) Twacw vexverot KaTapOipéevoicw avdooew. 
b) shee ™ \ > a a ae 
GXN aye pot TOV Tatdos ayavod pvOov éviotres, 
AX of eens 4 f D4 9 \ » Mee 
) €er’ és ToAEMov Tpomos Eupevatr He Kal ovKi. 
> \ 5 / IT a > Ul 7 , 
elmré S€ pot IIndAHos apudpovos, el te wérvccat, 
n &r exer Tyunv Toréow peta Muppidovecow, 495 
7 pw atipavovow av “EdXdda te POiny re, 
OUVEKA pL KaTa ypas exer yElpds Te Todas TE. 
2 \ dae 2 \ 6 ig a AX > pe 
ov yap éyav érapwyos im’ aiyax HedioLo, 
aA 7\ el : ee RE / > / 
Totos é€wy olos ror évi Tpoin evpein 
mépvov Aaov apictov, autvav ’Apyeloiow. 500 
> 
et Toldcd’ EOoyw pivuvOd tep és matépos 80, 
, n 
TO KE TED OTVEAIUL pévos Kal yeipas aaTTOUS, 
Da a ip) 
ov Keivov Biowvtar éépyoualy tT amo Tims. 
*Q 4 b] > \ bl , b] f , 
s €par, avTap éyw piv aperBomevos Tpocéertroy * 


THE ODYSSEY, XI. 391 


How dared you come down hither to the house of Hades, 
where dwell the senseless dead, spectres of toil-worn men ?’ 

‘“¢So he spoke, and answering him said I: ‘ Achilles, son 
of Peleus, foremost of the Achaians, I came for consul- 
tation with Teiresias, hoping that he might give advice 
for reaching craggy Ithaka. I have not yet been near 
Achaia, nor once set foot upon my land, but have had 
constant trouble ; while as for you, Achilles, no man was 
in the past more fortunate, nor in the future shall be; 
for formerly, during your life, we Argives gave you equal 
honor with the gods, and now you are a mighty lord 
among the dead, when here. Then do not grieve at 
having died, Achilles.’ 

“So I spoke, and straightway answering me said he: 
‘Mock not at death, glorious Odysseus. / Better to be the 
hireling of a stranger, and serve a man of mean estate 
whose substance is but small, than be the ruler over all 
these dead and gone.) No, tell me tales about my noble 
son, whether or not Hé followed to the war to be a leader ; 
and tell what you have heard of gallant Peleus, whether 
he still has honor among the hosts of Myrmidons ; or do 
they slight him now in Hellas and in Phthia, because old 
age has touched his hands and feet? I am myself no 
longer in the sunlight as his defender, nor like what I 
once was when on the Trojan plain I routed a brave troop 
in succoring the Argives. If once like that I could but 
come, even for a little space, into my father’s house, a ter- 
ror would I make my might and my resistless hands to 
any who are troubling him and keeping him from honor.’ 


392 OAYSSEIAS A. 


*% tor wev IIndjos auvpovos od ti Twétrucpat, 
avtap tot tatdos ye Neortonréuoto dpidovo 

a b] / / oe , 
macav adrnOeinv pvOncouar, @s me KeAEVELS* 

Peay | / ; eS I LS ‘ td 
auTos yap pv éyw KolAns éml vos éions 
” > 4 > / > 4 
Hyayov €« Bkvpov per éevxvyjpidas “Ayarovs. 

9 Tou br audit worw Tpoinv dpafoiueba Bovdras, 

BIN al 4 \ > e A 4 
aiel mpatos éBale Kal ovy judptave pv0wv* 

/ ’ > U \ Iv / ” 
Névtwp 7 avtibeos nal eyo vixacKoperv oiw. 
avtap 67 év media Tpwwv papvotycd’ ’Ayatol 
ov tot’ évi wAnOvi pévev avdpav ovd’ év opiro, 
GANA TOAD TpoléecKe, TO OV pévos ovdevl EiKwV* 
mTodXovs 8 avdpas Errepvev év aivh SnvorHre. 

/ ’ > x D5 % / oar 3 , 
mavtas 8’ ovK dy éyw pvOrjcopat od dvomnva, 
Sccov Aaoy Erredvev autvov ’Apyeloioww, 
> ’ \ / / a 
arn’ olov tov Tnrepidnv Kkatevypato yarKe, 
hpw Evpimvdrov: moddol 8’ aud’ adtov étaipor 
Kyrevot xtelvovto yuvaiwy eiveca Sépov. 


a \ 4 a 
Keivov 52) KadAdoTOoV idov peta Mépuvova Siov. 


510 


515 


> \ wv 3 > / / a ' ee Fe \ 
Aitap 67 eis trmov KateBawomev, Ov Kap’ Ezrecos, 


°A / ec b] \ 8’ eB. / LNG,» TE 

pyelwv ot apiotot, euol 5’ emt mavt étéTaXTo, 
> \ BJ na \ , 10° > ral n 

[juev avaxXivat TuKivdv Aoyov HO’ émiBetvar'} 

év0’ GrArot Aavady ynropes H5é pwédovTes 


PS) / 4 , .3 / / > AM, 4 \ a e / 
axpua 7 @pdpyvuvto tpéwov @’ wre yvia éexdoTov* 


keivov 8 ov tote mautrav éyov idov opbarpoiow 
ovT @ypnoavTa ypoa KaAXRWOY OUTE TrapEL@V 
Saxpu’ dwopEduevov: o Sé we pada TOAN’ ixéTevev 
immoOev é&éuevat, Eigeos 8’ érepaleto KoTnv 

kai Sopu yadxoBapés, xaxa 5€ Tpwdecot pevoiva. 
arr’ bre 8H II piapowo modu Sverépoapev aimyy, 
potpav Kal yépas écOddv Exwv éml vynos EBawvev 


525 


530 


THE ODYSSEY, XI. 393 


“So he spoke, and answering him said I: ‘Indeed, of 
gallant Peleus I know nothing. But about your dear son 
Neoptolemos, I will tell you all the truth, as you desire ; 
for it was I, in my trim hollow ship, who brought him 
from Skyros to the mailed Achaians. And when en- 
camped about the town of Troy we held a council, he al- 
ways was the first to speak, and no word missed its mark ; 
godlike Nestor and I alone surpassed him. Moreover, 
on the Trojan plain, when we Achaians fought, he never 
tarried in the throng nor at the rallying-place, but ran 
before us all, yielding to none in courage. Many a man 
he slew in mortal combat..-Fully I could not tell, could 
not even name, the host he slew in fighting for the Ar- 
gives; but how he vanquished with his sword the son 
of Telephos, Eurypylos the hero! Many of that Keteian 
band fell with their leader, lost by a woman’s bribe. So 
goodly a man as was Eurypylos I never saw, save kingly 
Memnon. 

“+ Afterwards, too, when we were entering the horse 
Epeios made, — we chieftains of the Argives,—and it 
all lay with me to shut or open our close hiding-place, 
other captains and councillors of the Danaiins would wipe 
away a tear, and their limbs shook beneath them; but 
watching him, at no time did I see his fair skin pale, nor 
from his cheeks did he wipe tears away. Often he begged 
to leave the horse; he fingered his sword - hilt and his 
bronze-tipped spear, longing to vex the Trojans. Yet af- 
ter we had overthrown the lofty town of Priam, he took 
his share of spoil and an honorable prize, and went on 


394 OAYSSEIAS A. 


aoxnOys, ovr’ &p BeBAnpévos o€&s yard 535 
ob’ avtooyedinv odtacpévos, old Te ToANa 
yiyvetas ev Trodéup: émiyl& S€ Tre watverat “Apns.’ 
“Ns ébdunv, wuxyn S€ wodéKeos Aiaxidao 
doita paxpa BiBaca Kar’ aopodedov reyova, 
ynOocivn 6 oi viov pny apioelxeTov eivat. 640 
Ai 8’ adda oyal vexdov KatateOvnoTov 
id > 4 yy \ / , ae / 
éotacay axvipevat, eipovto S€ Kynde ExaoTn. 
oin 8’ Aiavtos Wwuyt TeAapwriddao 
/ > Vd / A / 
voodhw ahectynKel, KexoNMpEvn ElvEeKa ViKNS, 
TH pw éyw viknoa Sixalopevos mapa vyucl 545 
tevyerw aud’ ’Axirjjos: eOnxe 5é roTvLa pnTnp. 
matdes 5€ Tpwwv Sixacav cai IIadndas ’AOjvn. 
as 89 pn Opedov viKdv ToL@d’ ém”’ aéOro° 
Toinv yap Keharjnv ever’ abtav yaia Katéoyer, 
AlavO’, ds epi pév eidos, epi 8’ Epya tétuKTO 550 
Tov ddAxov Aavaoy pet apvpova IInreiova. 
Tov pev éyov éréeoot Tpocnvdwv peldiylioicw* 
‘ Aiav, wat Tedapyavos apydtpovos, odx ap’ ewedres 
> \ \ / > \ / ~/ / 
ovde Savav AnoecOat Ewoi yorou eivexa Tevyéwv 
ovrAouévov ; Ta 5é whwa Oeoi Oécav ’Apyeloiws, 555 
lal / / > / a > \ 
Tolos yap opi Tupyos atw@deo* aeio & *Ayasol 
icov "AxyirAAHos Kehary IInrniadao 
ayvipeba POipévoro Siaprepés ovdé Tus ANOS 
” > \ \ et: \ > / 
aitios, adda Zevs Aavawy otpatov aiyyntaev 
exTrayrws HYOnpe, Telv 8’ él poipay EOnxev. 560 
arr aye Sedpo, avak, tv’ eros kal pd0ov axovons 
nuetepov: Sdpacov Sé pévos Kal aynvopa Ovpov.’ 
“Qs épapnv, o Sé pw’ ovdév dpwelBeto, BH Sé per’ Gdrras 
\ ? wv 4 4 
wruyas eis “EpeBos vexvov xatatebvnwtov. 


THE ODYSSEY, XI. 395 


board unharmed, not struck by brazen point nor pierced 
in the close combat, as for the most part happens in war ; 
hap-hazard Ares rages.’ 

“So I spoke, and the spirit of swift-footed Aiakides 
departed with long strides across the field of asphodel, 
pleased that I said his son was famous. 

“ But the other spirits of those dead and gone stood 
sadly there; each asked for what he loved. Only the 
spirit of Telamonian Ajax held aloof, still angry at the 
victory I had gained in the contest at the ships for the 
armor of Achilles. The goddess mother of Achilles gave 
the prize, and the sons of the Trojans were the judges, — 
they and Pallas Athene. Would I had never won in 
such a strife, since by that means the earth closed round 
the head of Ajax, who in beauty and achievement sur- 
passed all other Danaans save the gallant son of Peleus. 
To him I spoke in gentle words and said: 

*“¢ Ajax, son of gallant Telamon, will- you not, even in 
death, forget your wrath about the accursed armor? To 
plague the Argives the gods gave it, since such a tower 
as you were lost thereby. Over your death as over that 
of Achilles, son of Peleus, do we Achaians sorrow contin- 
ually. None was to blame but Zeus, who, hating the host 
of Danaan spearmen with fierce hatred, brought upon you 
this doom. Nay, king, draw near, that you may listen 
to our voice and what we say. Abate your pride and 
haughty spirit.’ 

“J spoke: he answered not, but went his way after the 
other spirits of those dead and gone on into Erebos. Yet 


396 OAYSSEIAS A. 


f 

év0a »’ Sums mpocédyn Kexodwpévos, 7 Kev eyo TOY* 566 
Grd por HOENe Oupods evi aotHPecat piroior 
TaY GdArwv v~puyas dew KatateOvnwTov. 

"Evd’ 4 row Mivwa idov, Avos aydaov vior, 
xpvacov oxhmtTpov éyovta, Oeusotevovta véxvocw, 
Hyuevov* of S€ pv audi dixas elpovto avaxta, 570 
_ Hpevoe ExTaoTes Te, KaT evpuTrudes “ALdos 50. 

Tov &€ pet ’Apiwva red@piov eicevonoa 
Ofjpas ouod eidedvTa Kat’ aoghodedov heimaova, 
Tovs avTos KaTéTedvev év olioTTOAOLCW GpEcat, 

\ ” ec? / 7\ > / 

YEepolv Eywv poTadov TayyadKeov, alev aayes. 575 

Kai Tirvov eidov, Tains épixvdéos viov, 
kelwevov év Samédm: 0 8’ em évvéa KeiTo TédeOpa, 
yore O€ uv ExatepOe Tapnuévw rap Execpor, 
déptpov Eow Svvovtes: 0 8 ovK atrapvveTo Yepal: 

\ f. 

Ant@ yap édknoe, Avos Kvdpnv tapaxoitiv, 580 
ITv005" épyopévnv Sia karduxopov Ilavorijos. 

Kai pnv Tavrarov eiceidov yarér’ adye éxovta, 
éoTeaT év Alwyn: 7 Sé mpocémrAale yevel- 
atevto O€ diupdwv, mew 8’ ovK eixev Edéo0at" 
e / \ 4, ’ € / / / 
OooaKt yap Ku\er O YépwV TEE peEveaivar, 585 
toccay’ vdwp amoréoket avaBpoxev, audi Sé tocol 

a , / , \ : 
yaia pérawa daveoke, xatafnvacke Sé daivov. 
Sévdpea 8’ tnpurétnra Kata KphOev yee KapTrov, 
bd \ e 5. \ / > / 
dyxyvat Kai poat Kal ponréat ayracKapTroL 
ouKéat Te yAvKepal Kal édXalat THACBCwCaL’ - 69 

n e tes) sa 2-3 / - PIE? \ f 
Tov oToT tOvcer Oo yépwv él yepol pacaclat, 
Tas 6’ dvemos pimtacKke Toth védea oKLOErTA. 

Kai piv Siovgov cicetdov xpatép’ adye’ Exovta, 
Adav Baoralovta Tedwptov aughorépyow. 


THE ODYSSEY, XI. 397 


then, despite his wrath, he would have spoken, or I had 
spoken to him but that the heart within my breast 
wished to see other spirits of the dead. 

“ There I saw Minos, the radiant son of Zeus, a golden 
sceptre in his hand, administering justice to the dead from 
where he sat, while all around men called for judgment 
from the king, sitting and standing in the broad - gated 
hall of Hades. | 

“Next I marked huge Orion drive along the field of 
asphodel the game that in his life he slew amongst the 
lonely hills. He held a club of solid bronze that never 
can be broken. 

“¢ And Tityos I saw, the son of far-famed Gaia, stretched 
on the plain; across nine roods he stretched. Two vul- 
tures sat beside him, one upon either side, and tore his 
liver, piercing the caul within: yet with his hands he 
did not keep them off; for he did violence to Leto, the 
proud wife of Zeus, as she was going to Pytho through 
pleasant Panopeus. 

“Tantalos, too, I saw in grievous torment, standing in 
a pool. It came up to his chin. He strained for thirst, 
but could not reach to drink; for as the old man bent, 
eager to drink, the water always was absorbed and dis- 
appeared, and at his feet the dark earth showed: God 
made it dry. Then leafy-crested trees drooped from 
above: their fruit, — pears, pomegranates, apples with 
shining fruit, sweet figs, and thrifty olives. But when 
the old man stretched his hand to take, a breeze would 


toss them toward the dusky clouds. 
27 | 


398 OAYSSEIAS A. 


) TOL O ey oKNpLTTOpMevos yepoiv Te Tocly Te -- 5% 
Nadav dvw wWOecKe ToT! NOhov* GAN Gre péAROL 
dxpov wrepBaréev, tér’ atrootpéacKke Kpatauts* 
avtis érevta Tédovde KuAvSeTo AGas avaLdys. 
avTap 6 x dap @oacKe TiTaWwopevos, Kata 8° (Spas 
Eppeev ex pwedéwv, kovin 8’ é« Kpatos dpwpet. 600 
Tov 5€ per’ eicevonoa Binv ‘Hpakdneiny, 
eldwAov' avTos dé pet AOavdtoic. Ocoicr 
TépTretat év Oarins Kali exer Kadriodupov “HBnv 
[maida Avs peydrovo Kai “Hpns ypucoredirov]. 
appl d€ pw Krayyn vexvov jv oiwvar ds, 605 
mavtos atutowévwv: 06 8’ épeuvn vuKtl éorxos, 
yupvov tokov éywv Kal él veuvphdi dicror, 
Sewvov Twartaivwv, aici Badéovtt eorxos. 
apepdaréos O€ of audi epi ornPecow doptip 
xpuceos Hv TeXapov, va Odoxeda Epya TéTUKTO, 610 
dpxrot tT aypetepol Te coves yapotrol Te NéovTes, 
iopival te payar Te hovor 7 avdpoxtacias Te. 
uy) Texvnodpevos pnd’ Gro TL TexvycatTo, 
Os Keivov Tehauava éf éyxaTOeTo Téyvn. 
éyvo 8’ avdtixa Keivos, eet iSev 6d0arpoior, 615 
Kal  ONobupopevos Errea TTEpoevTa tpoonvda* 
‘ Avoyevés Aaepriddyn, worupynyav’ ’Odvaoced, 
& Sein’, Twa Kal od KaKodv popov Hynrates, 
dv wep éyov oyéeckoy UT’ avyas HeNioto. 
Znvos pev tais ha Kpoviovos, avtap dufiv 620 
elyov atretpecinv: para yap Todd yelpovs dott 
Sedununv, 0 Sé wot yarerods ereréAreT déOdovs. 
kat woté p’ évOdad’ érreprpe xiv’ akovt’: ov yap ér’ dddov 
ppafero Tovdd yé por yarerrw@tepov civat aeOdov. 


THE ODYSSEY, XI. 399 


* And Sisyphos I saw in bitter pains, forcing a mon- 
strous stone along with both his hands. Tugging with 
hand and foot, he pushed the stone upward along a hill. 
But when he thought to heave it up clean to the sum- 
mit, a mighty power would turn it back; and so once 
more down to the ground the wicked stone would tumble. 
Again he strained to push it on; sweat ran down from 
his limbs, and from his head a dust cloud rose. 

“And next I marked the might of Herakles, —his 
phantom form ; for he himself is with the immortal gods 
reveling at their feasts, wed to fair-ankled Hebé, child of 
great Zeus and golden-sandaled Heré. Around him rose 
a clamor of the dead like that of birds fleeing all ways 
in terror; while he, like gloomy night, with his bow bare 
and arrow on the string, glared fearfully, as if forever in 
the act to shoot. Terrible was the baldric round about his 
breast, — a golden belt where marvelous devices had been 
wrought, bears and wild boars and fierce-eyed lions, strug- 
gles and fights, murders and blood-sheddings. Let the 
artificer design no more who once achieved that sword-belt 
by his art. Instantly when he saw, he knew me, and sor- 
rowfully said in winged words : 

“«High-born son of Laértes, ready Odysseus, so you, 
poor man, work out a cruel task such as I often have en- 
dured when in the sunlight. I was the son of Kronian 
Zeus, yet I had pains unnumbered; for to one very far 
beneath me was I bound, and he imposed hard labors. 
Once he even sent me here to carry off the dog, for noth- 
ing he supposed could be a harder labor. I brought the 


400 OAYSSEIAS A. 


Tov pev éywov avévetka Kal Hryaryov é& ’Aidao: 625 
“Eppeias 5é pw’ ereprpev idé yAavKdris ’AOnvn. 
“Qs eirav 0 pev adtis Bn Sopov "Atdos elca, 
avTap éyav avTod pévov Eurredov, el Tis Er EdOot 
avdpav hpwwv, ob 8) Td mpdoacbev GdovTo. 
kai vt «’ &tt mpotépous iov avépas, ods EOcdov Tep* 630 
[Onoéa ITepiOoov re, Oedv éepucvdéa réxva*] 
GdAa ply él Ove ayelpero pupia vexpav 
nxn Yeotrecin: ewe 5é yAwpov Séos pet, 
pn pot Topyeinv xeparnv Sewoito med@povu 
€& "Avdos mréupevey ayavn ITepoepoveca. 635 
aitix’ érevr éml via Kiov éxédevov étaipous 
avtovs 7 auPaivew avd te Tpvpvyicia NUCAL. 
ot 8’ al’ eicBawov kal éri Krmiot Kabifov. 
Tv Sé Kat “Qxeavov wotayov hépe Kia poovo, 
TpaTa pev eiperin, petémeta 5é KaAAWOS OvpOS. 640 


THE ODYSSEY, XI. 401 


dog up hence, and dragged him forth from Hades. Hermes 
was my guide, — he and keen-eyed Athene.’ 

“So saying, back he went into the house of Hadew 
while I still held my place, hoping there yet might come 
some other heroes who died long ago. And more of the 
men of old I might have seen, as I desired, —Theseus and . 
Perithods, famous children of the gods; but ere they 
came, myriads of the people of the dead gathered with 
awful cry. Pale terror seized me; I thought perhaps the 
Gorgon head of some fell monster high Persephoné might 
send out of the house of Hades. So, hurrying to my ship, 
I called my crew to come on board and loose the cables. 
Quickly they came, and took their places at the pins, and 
down the ocean-stream the flowing current bore us, with 
oarage first and then a pleasant breeze.” 


OAYSSEIAS M. 
Tepfives, BetdrAa, KdpuPSis, Boes “HAlov. 


Abrap érel motapoto Airey poov ’Qxeavoto 

vnos, amo 8’ txero Kdpa Oardoons edpuTropoto 
a , ] jee cd >’. 3 a > / 

vicov tv Aiainv, 604 Tt ’Hods npuyevetns 

oixia Kal yopol eiot Kal avtodal ’Heriovo, 

vna pev v0’ erOovtes éxédoapev ev ~rapdboiow, 

éx 5é cal avtol Biev érl pnypiv. Oadracons. 

évOa 8’ amoBpitavtes éueivayev "H@ Siar. 
"Hyos 8 npryévera avn pododd«tvros ’Has, 

5) TOT éywv éTdpovs mpolew és SHopata Kipkns 
> Ud \ > / a 

oicéuevat vexpov ’"EXarjvopa reOvnarta. 


\ 5’ 7 , 60’ > / 4 > \ 
pit povs aia Tapmovtes, 00 aKxpoTaTn TpoEeY AKTN, 


/ > 4 \ ~ a / 
Oarropev axyvipevot, Oadepov Kata dSaxpu xéovTes. 
avTap érel vexpos T ékan Kal TevyEea VveKpod, 

UA , \ : | / > 4 
TUBov yevavTes Kal éTL oOTHAnY épvoarTeES 
mntawev axpotatm TUuB@ edhpes epeTpmov. 


“Hyueis pev ta Exacta Svelropev: ovd’ dpa Kipenv 


€& ’AlSew édOovres eAnOomev, GAA pan Oka 
HO” évtrvvapévn: aya 8’ audiroro hépov adth 
oirov Kal Kpéa Toda Kal aiforra oivov épvOpor. 
» 8’ &v pécow otdca pernvda Sia Oedwv: 

‘ SyétAL01, of CoHovtes vrndOere SHp’' *Aidao, 
ditOavées, OTe T Adrot Arak OvyicKkove’ avOpwtro.. 
Grr’ ayer’ écbiete Bpwopnv Kal tivete oivov 
avO. travnpépior: awa 8’ jot hawopuéevnde 


10 


15 


XII. 
THE SIRENS, SCYLLA, CHARYBDIS, AND THE KINE OF THE SUN. 


“ ArTER our ship had left the current of the ocean- 
stream and come into the waters of the open sea and to 
the island of Aiaia, where is the dwelling of the early 
Dawn, her dancing-ground and place of rising, as we ran 
in we beached our ship among the sands, and forth we 
went ourselves upon the sea-shore, where, falling fast 
asleep, we awaited the sacred Dawn. 

“ But when the early rosy-fingered Dawn appeared, I 
sent men forward to the house of Circe to fetch the body 
of the dead Elpénor. Then we hewed logs in haste, and 
where the shore projected farthest we buried him with 
sorrow, letting the big tears fall. After the dead was 
burned and the armor of the dead man, we raised a 
mound, and placed thereon a pillar, and fixed on the 
mound’s highest point his shapely oar. 

“ With all this we were busied ; nevertheless, our com- 
ing from the house of Hades was not hid from Circe, but 
quickly she arrayed herself and came to meet us. Behind 
her, maids bore bread and stores of meat and ruddy 
sparkling wine; and standing in the midst of all, thus 
spoke the heavenly goddess: 

“¢ Madmen! who have gone down alive into the house 
of Hades, thus twice to meet with death while others die 
but once, come, eat this food and drink this wine here for 


404 OAYSSEIAS M. 


e 
TrevoerO’: avTap éyw SelEw odov dé Exacta 
/ / A 

onpavéw, iva pn TL KaKkoppadln areyewh 
4 ddos 4 él ys aGdynoete Tha Tabortes.’ 

“Qs bad’, nuiv 8’ adr éreme(Beto Ovpos aynvep. 
ds tore ev TpoTay Huap &s nédov KaTadiyTa 
CA lA / o 6 \ / eQ7 
hpcba Sawdtpevor kpéa 7 Gometa Kat pwéOv 7dv- 
Fos 8 nédtos KaTédu Kal érl Kvépas HdOer, 
of ev KOLLACAaYTO Tapa Tpu“VHcLa VnOS, 
n 8’ éwé yetpos édXodca Pirwv arovocdw étalpwv 
eloé te kal mpocédexto Kal éepéewev Exacta’ 

> \ > \ nm / \ a i 
avTap éy@ TH TavTa KaTa poipay KaTédec€ta. 


\ , , 5 Pic Sa s , / 
Kal TOTe 6H pw éméecot Tpognvda TroTVia Kipkn: 


35 


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AUTaA PEV OVUTW TAVTA TETTELPAVTAL, GU QAKOVOGO)D, 


cA - eee. r BAS P, f \ \ bd / 
@s Tor éyav épéw, punoer 5é ce Kal Oeds avTos. 
a \ “ > r > eee, a / 
Seipjvas péev wWp@Tov adi—ear, ai pa Te Tavtas 
, 
avOpmrrous Oddyovow, 6 Tis aheas eicapixntat. 
ds Tis aidpeln merdon Kal POoyyov akovon 
sed of 
Seipjvov, To 8’ ov te yuvy Kat varia Téxva 
olkade vooTncavTL TaploTaTaL ovdée yavurTaL, 
GArNa Te Zewpnves AeyupH OédAyovow aovodh, 
Huevar ev retpaove: todvs 8 aud’ doteddw Ols 
avdpav muopévwv, mept 5é€ pwol puvdGovor. 
Gra trapéeE éddav, él 8’ ovat’ areirat éEtaipwv 
/ 
Knpov Sevrnoas pedundéa, by TLS aKxovon 
TOV GAXwv: aTap avTos aKovéepev al K eDéXnoOa 
8 / ON \ fol ee 4 a) 
noavtov a év vnt Bon xyetpas Te Todas TE 
> A6 > € / > ’ > a / | Be , 
6pOov év iotomédy, éx 8’ avtod Teipat’ avnpba, 
4 , fh Fy 4 / 
ddpa Ke TepTromevos OT akovns YecpHnvowv. 
> be / € / na / 4 
el O€ KE Nicanal ETAapOVS AVOaL TE KEdEvTS, 
e , ed 
ot 66 o Ett TAcOverot TOT év Secpoict SidévTor. 


THE ODYSSEY, XII. 405 


to-day, and with the morrow’s dawn you shall set sail. I 
will myself point out the way and fully show you all, lest 
through some lamentable lack of skill you be distressed 
on sea or land and suffer harm.’ 

“So she spoke, and our high hearts assented. Thus, 
then, throughout the day till setting sun we sat and 
feasted on abundant meat and the sweet wine; and when 
the sun had set and darkness came, my men lay down to 
sleep by the ship’s cables; but leading me by the hand 
apart from my good comrades, the goddess bade me sit, 
herself reclined beside me, and asked me for my story. 
So I related to her all in its due order. Then in these 
words did potent Circe speak to me: 

*¢ All this is ended now; but listen to what I say, and 
God himself shall help you to remember. First you will 
meet the Sirens, who cast a spell on every man who goes 
their way. Whoso draws near unwarned and hears the 
Sirens’ voices, by him no wife or little child shall ever 
stand, glad at his coming home; for the Sirens cast a 
spell of penetrating song, sitting within a meadow. But 
by their side is a great heap of rotting human bones; frag- 
ments of skin are shriveling on them. Therefore sail on, 
and stop your comrades’ ears with sweet wax kneaded soft, 
that none of the rest may hear. As for yourself, if you 
desire to listen, see that they bind you hand and foot on 
the swift ship, upright upon the mast-block, — round the 
mast let the rope’s ends be wound, —that so with pleasure 
you may hear the Sirens’ song. But if you should entreat 
your men and bid them set you free, let them thereat with 
still more fetters bind you fast. 


406 OAYSSEIAS M.- 


Aitrap émiv 8) tds ye mapeé éXdowow éEraipot, 
p 

” MOY 25 Wr Boe t ’ s 

évOa tou over’ Ererta Sinvekéws ayopevew 

e , / eg\ ” > \ \ | £8, 
ommotépn 6 ToL 0d0s EaoeTal, adda Kal AUTOS 

a 4 DLE f / > / 

Oud Bovredvew* épéw S€ Tor audhortépober. 

4 \ \ / > / \ ’ > a 
&yOev pev yap wétpar émnpedées, pot 6’ avtas 
n / € Cal , > / 
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IT\arynras 84 tor tds ye Geol paxapes Kadéovot. 

n / > > \ \ / > \ A 
Th wév T ovdée ToTNTAa TapépyeTat ove TédELaL 
/ / > / \ % / 

tpnpwves, Tal Tt auSpoclny Avi watpl pépovow, 

> / \ rn >\ > lal x / 
GAG TE Kal TOV alev afhaipeitaL Ais TETPN” 
GXN adAnv evinor wathp éevapiOpiov eivas. 

a ’ LA , n , > n 4 7 
th 8’ od} Te Tis VNnds dvyev avdpav, H Tis tKNTAL, 
ard 0 opod mivaxds Te veov Kal copata pwTav 
Kvpab’ adros hopéovet mupds T OAooio GvEedrat. 
olin 89 Kelvyn ye TapéwAW TrovTOTOpOS VNUs 
"Apyo waco pédovoa, tap’ Aintao TA€OUTA* 


U 7 \ 54 Mh 2 / / \ / 
Kai vv Ke THY évO’ @Ka Bdrev peyadas ToTL TETpAs, 


GN “Hpn wapéreprvev, érel hiros hev ‘Ijcwv. 
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/ 54 \ vw» 9 / be b > / 
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ovdé Kev apBain Bpotos avip, ovd’ ériBain, 
29 ” ¢ af ee \ 4 
ovd el of yelpés Te éelkoot Kal Trddes elev" 
/ \ / > a > al 
métpn yap Ais éott, wepi~eoTh eiKvia. 
/ S’ > / > \ / > de 
pécow O €V TKOTTEAM ETTL TTTEOS NEPOELOES, 


mpos Cohov eis "EpeBos tetpaypévov, wep av tpels 


vha Tapa yradupny iOvvere, paldim’ ‘“Odvaced. 
LANE 4 > \ n G7 bee 

ovdé Kev ex vnos yAadhupHs alfnios avnp 
t > / 4 > / 

TOo&@ dvoTevoas KotNoV ares EeLoaiKOLTO. 


70 


75 


THE ODYSSEY, XII. 407 


“Now when your men have brought the ship past 
these, what is to be your course thenceforth I will not 
fully say; do you yourself ponder it in your heart. I 
will describe to you both ways. Along one route stand 
beetling cliffs, and on them roar the mighty waves of 
dark-eyed Amphitrité; the blessed gods call them the 
Wanderers. This way not even winged things can pass, 
—no, not the gentle doves which bear ambrosia to father 
Zeus ; but one of them the smooth rock always draws 
away, though the father puts another in to fill the num- 
ber. ‘No ship of man ever escapes when once come 
hither, but in one common ruin planks of ships and 
sailors’ bodies are swept by the sea-waves and storms of 
deadly flame. The only coursing ship that ever passed 
was Argo, famed of all mankind, when voyaging from 
Aiétes; and her as well the waves would soon have 
dashed on the great rocks, but Heré vale i her through 
from love to Jason. 

*“*¢ By the other way there are two crags, one touching 
the broad heavens with its sharp peak. Clouds gather 
about it darkly and never float away; light strikes its 
peak neither in heat nor harvest. Up this no mortal man 
could climb or on it find a hold, not even if twenty hands 
and feet were his; for the rock is smooth, as it were pol- 
ished. Now in the middle of the crag is a dim cave, 
facing the west and Erebos, — the very way where you 
must steer your rounded ship, glorious Odysseus; and 
*-~m that rounded ship no lusty youth could with a bow- 

ch the hollow cave. Here Scylla dwells, utter- 


ae 


408 OAYSSEIAS M. 


évOa §’ évi HevAAn vaier Sewov Aedaxvia- 85 
a 9 \ \ 4 4 an 
Ths h Tor davn pev Gon oKUNAKOS VvEoyIAI}s 
Ee 5 
yiyvetat, avtn 8’ adte wédAwp Kakov* ovdé KE Tis jy 
/ ne) \ > ’ > 0 \ > / 
ynOnoeev idwv, ovd’ et Beds avTiacete. 
aA i a , > Wades / / ” 
THS 1 TOL TOES Elol SuvBdEeKA TaYTES Awpot, 
&& 5é Té of Secpal repipjees, ev b€ éExdorTy 90 
apepdarén Kkeharn, év S€ Tpliatovyor ddovTes, 
mukvol Kal Oapées, mrEtoe wéAavos PavaToto. 
péoon pév TE KATA oTrElous KoidoLo SéduKer, 
é&w 8’ ékicxer xehadas Sewvoio BepéOpouv, 
> n +. 45 , t , 
avtov 8’ ivOvag, cKOTTEKNOV TEpiaimowoa, 95 
Serdivds Te Kvvas Te Kal el trod. peifov Edyor 
a A f / EEN > A / 
KhTos, & pupia BooKet aydoTovos ‘Apuditpitn. 
n a / 
Th 5’ o} Te Tote vadTat aKnplor EvyEeTOWVTAL 
/ \ \ / / 4 e / 
mapduyéew oly vy: éper 5€ TE KpaTl ExaoT@ 
in eS b] / \ / 
gar éEaprdtaca veos KvavoTp@poto. 100 
> a} 
Tov 8 érepov cxoreXov yOapada@rtepov der, ‘Oducced. 
mAnclov adAnAwv: Kal Kev SioicTedoeLas. 
To 8 ev épiveds eoTt péyas, PvAAOLCL TEONrOS* 
“ \ “a “ 
to 9’ ume Sia XdpuBdus avappoPsei pérav Ddwp. 
\ \ 4 We] / | ME Fe \ Pe an 
Tpls fev Yap T avinowW ET HMAaTL, TPIS 8 avapouBdet 105 
L4 \ U “& / x4 e 4 
Sewvovs pry ov ye KetOu Tvyols, STE porBdjoevev* 
> / c/s , > = b] > lal > b > / 
ov yap Kev pioaiTo o° bm’ é« Kakod ovd’ évoclyOav. 
ANNA para YKvIAAns cKotrérw TweTAnpévos Oka 
n \ > / > » = \ / / bP] 
vna Twapee édXaav, érrel 4 ToAU EepTepov EeoTLv 
&& étdpous év vnt moOnpevar ) dua Tavtas. 110 
ef) 7 ? > \ > / > , / 
s épar’, adTtap éyo pw aperBopevos tpocéerTrop: 
Se ee ee / n \ Ear SH 
el 5 aye 5n pot ToVTO, Bed, vnuepTes EevioTres, 
el Tas THY OAOnY pwev UTeKTrpodvyows XapvBdu, 
\ , 
THv Sé K dpuvaiuny, Ste wor aivotTo y Etaipous. 


THE ODYSSEY, XII. 409 


ing hideous cries; her voice like that of a young dog, 
and she herself an evil monster. None can behold her 
and be glad, be it a god who meets her. Twelve feet she 
has, and all misshapen; six necks, exceeding long; on 
each a frightful head; in these three rows of teeth, stout 
and close-set, fraught with dark. death. As far as the 
waist she is drawn back within the hollow cave ; but forth 
she holds her heads outside the awful chasm and fishes 
there, spying around the crag for dolphins, dogfish, or 
whatever larger creature she may catch, such things as 
voiceful Amphitrité breeds by thousands. There never 
yet could sailors boast of passing with their ship in safety ; 
for with each head she takes a man, snatching him from 
the dark-bowed ship. 

“* The second crag is lower, you will see, Odysseus, and 
close beside the first ; you well might shoot across. On it 
a fig-tree stands, tall and in leafy bloom, underneath 
which divine Charybdis sucks the dark water down. For 
thrice a day she sends it up, and thrice she sucks it down, 
—a fearful sight! May you not happen to be there when 
it goes down, for nobody could save you then from ill, not 
even the Earth-shaker. But swiftly turn your course to- 
ward Scylla’s crag, and speed the ship past her; for surely 
it is far better to miss six comrades from your ship than 
all together.’ 

“So she spoke, and answering her, said I: ‘ Yet, god- 
dess, tell me this in very truth: might I not possibly es- 
eape from fell Charybdis, and then beat off that other 
when she assails my crew ?’ 


410 OAYSSEIAS M. 


e 


“Ds ébaynr, } 8 avtix’ apeiBero Sia Oedwv: 
\ . 

‘oxéTMe, Kal 6) ad Tot Toreunia Epya péunre 

A , > \ a e / > / 
Kal Tovos* ovdé Ocotow wrei~eat aBavaro.cw ; 
» O€ Tot ov Ovyntn, GAN aOavatov KaKkov éoTt, 

4 3. 2 / ORY 6 »O\ 

Sewvov 7 apyadéov Te Kal aypuov ovdé paynTov* 

> , / > b] > la / / BJ b) > A 
ovdé Tis €or’ adKyH* huyéew KapTicTOY am avTis. 
nv yap SnOvvycOa Kopvocopevos Tapa méTpn, 

/ / ere a > Lal / 
delim pn o eEadris éhoppnbeica Kiynor 
Toconow Keharjot, Tocovs 8 é« datas Ernrar. 
ava para chodpas éddav, Bwotpeiv 5é Kparaiiv, 

/ n / 4 / a al 
entépa Ths SKvrAds, } pw Téxe THwa Bpotoicw: 
e fal 

H pow ret atotavae és totepov opynOjvar. 

Opwaxinv 8’ és vicov adpi~ears EvOa dé trodrdal 
Bockovt’ ’Hedioto Boes kal idia pra, 
érta Body ayédat, Toca 8’ oi@y TwEea Kana, 

/ a 
mevtnkovta 8° Exacta: yovos 8’ ov yiyvetat avTar, 
ovdé tote POwiOover. Ocai 8’ éerimowpéves eicl, 
vipat éutrAdKapot, PaéPoved te Aaprretin Te, 
as téxev "Herlm ‘Trepiow Sia Neéaspa. 

\ \ ba / a / f / 
Tas pev apa Opéipaca Tekodoa Te TOTVLA pHTHP 
n / / 
Opwaxinv és vicov amodxice THAOOL valew, 
ira puraccéuevar Tatpwia Kal Edixas Bods. 
\ 
Tas ef pév K aowéas édas vooTov Te pédnat, 
4 7 av ér eis "IOdxny nana wep twacyovtes kore be: 
> / / / /  . , 
et O€ Ke olvynat, TOTe ToL TeKpmaipou’ OdEOpov 
/ es 2 / 4 if! 5’ ” / ir bE 
vni Te Kat érapots' avTos 6’ et Tép Kev advéys, 
b] \ a tal b] / ” / e i ? 
Ove KaKaS velat, dAéoas aro TavTas éEtailpous. 
“Qs par’, adtixa Sé ypuadOpovos HArAvOcv ’Hos. 
 wev ere?’ ava vhoov améotuye Sia Oedwv* 
\ a / 
auTap éyav éml via Ki@v @TpUVOY EéTalpous 


140 


THE ODYSSEY, XII. 411 


“So I spoke, and straight the heavenly goddess an- 
swered: ‘Foolhardy man! Still bent on war and strug- 
gle! Will you not yield even to immortal gods? This 
is no mortal being, but an immortal woe, — dire, hard, 
and fierce, and not to be fought down. Courage is noth- 
ing; flight is the bravest course. For if you arm and 
linger by the rock, I fear that, issuing forth once more, 
she may attack you with her many heads and carry off as 
many men. Therefore with utmost zeal speed on; and 
call on Force, the mother of this Scylla, who bore her for 
a bane to humankind; she will restrain her then from 
sallying forth once more. . 

“¢ Next, you will reach the island of Thrinakia, where 
in great numbers feed the kine and the sturdy flocks of 
the Sun, — seven droves of kine and of sheep as many 
beautiful herds, fifty in each. No young are born of them, 
nor do they ever die. Goddesses are their shepherds, 
nymphs of fair hair, Phaéthousa and Lampetié, whom to 
the exalted Sun divine Neaira bore. Them did their po- 
tent mother bear and rear, and she sent them to the island 
of Thrinakia to dwell afar, to keep their father’s flocks 
and crook-horned kine. If you leave these unharmed and 
heed your homeward way, you still may come to Ithaka, 
though you shall meet with hardship; but if you harm 
them, then I predict the loss of ship and crew; and even 
if you yourself escape, late shall you come, in evil plight, 
with loss of all your crew.’ | 

* As she thus spoke, the gold-throned morning came, 
and up the island the heavenly goddess went her way; I 
turned me toward my ship, and roused my men to come 


412 OAYSSEIAS M. 


avtovs T apBaivew ava Te mpvpvicia ddoaL 145 
of 8’ ain eioBawov Kal él Kdyiow Kabifov. 
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juiv 8 ad KaToTicGe veos KvavoTp@poto 
ixpevov ovpov ler wAnciatiov, écOdov ETaipor, 
Kipxn évrdcKxapos, Set) Ocds advdjecoa. 160 
autixa 8’ dma éxactTa Tovnodmevot KaTa vHa 
HucOa: thy 8’ dvewos Te KUBepyyntns T iOuve. 
57) TOT éywov Erdpoiot peTnvday axvipevos Kip* 
©°) diros, od yap ypn Eva idpevar ovdé Sv’ olous 
Oéchal’ & por Kipxn pvOncato, dia Gedwv: 155 
adn’ épéw pev éyov, Wa eiddtes } Ke Odvepmev 
” > U , \ a / 
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Ferpnvov péev mp@tov avayer Yeotreciaav 
HOoyyov arevacbar kal reipov’ avOcudevTa. 
olov éw’ nvwyer OT’ axovéwev: GANA pe Seopo 160 
Snoar év apyaréy, opp’ Eutredov adro pipvo, 
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°H tou éy@ Ta Exacta rAéywr Erdpotot TihavaKov* 165 
, \ / Ig/ a > \ 
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vicov Yewpynvouvs Emevye yap ovpos amnpov. 
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QuTix émretT’ avewos pév érravoato 4 Sé yadnvn 
” / / \ 4 
émreTo vnvewln, Koiunoe S€ Kvpata Salpov. 
> LA ? \ e , 
avotavtes 5’ Erapou veds iotla pnpicavto, 170 
kal Ta pev. év vn yradhuph Oécav, of 8 én’ éperpa 
ee? rn 
eComevor AevKawov Vdwp EcotHs éAaTyOW. 
> \ | OME. * a / \ 3 , an 
auTap éy Knpoto péyav tpoyov ofés yarK@ 
tuT0a Suatpnkas yepol otiBaphot miefov. 


THE ODYSSEY, XII. 413 


on board and loose the cables. Quickly they came, took 
places at the pins, and sitting in order smote the foaming 
water with their oars. And for our aid, behind our dark- 
bowed ship, came a fair wind, to fill our sail,—a welcome 
comrade, sent us by fair-haired Circe, the mighty goddess 
human of speech. Then after doing our work at the sev- 
eral ropes about the ship, we sat us down, while wind and 
helmsman kept her steady. 

“ Now to my men, with aching heart, I said : ‘ My friends, 
it is not right for only one or two to know the oracles 
which Circe told, that heavenly goddess. Therefore I 
speak, that, knowing all, we so may die, or fleeing death 
and doom, we may escape. Against the marvelous Sirens 
first she warns us, that we should flee their voice and 
flowery meadow. Only myself she bade to hear their 
voice; but bind me with galling cords, that I may stay 
fixed in my place, upright upon the mast-block, — round 
the mast let the rope’s ends be wound. And if I should 
entreat you, and bid you set me free, thereat with still 
more fetters bind me fast.’ ‘ 

“ Thus I, relating all my tale, talked with my comrades. 
Meanwhile our stanch ship swiftly neared the Sirens’ 
island ; a fair wind swept her on. Then on a sudden the 
breeze stopped; there came a breathless calm; divine 
power lulled the waves. My comrades, rising up, furled 
the ship’s sail, stowed it on board the hollow ship, and, 
bending to their oars, whitened the water with the pol- 
ished blades. But I, with my sharp sword, cut a great 
roll of wax into small bits, and these I kneaded in my 
sturdy hands. Soon the wax warmed, forced by the pow- 

28 


414 OAYSSEIAS M. 


aia 5’ iaivero xnpos, émel Kédero peydry ts 175 
’Heriov 7 avy? “Trepiovidao avaxtos: 
é£e(ns 8’ érapoiow én’ ovata Tacw ddeunpa. 
€ val a“ 

of 8’ év vnl pw &noav omov xeipds Te modas TE 
opOov év ioromédyn, éx 8’ avtTod weipat’ avirrov: 

p 
avtol 8’ éfduevor troduyv dda TUTTOv épeTpois. 180 
GAN OTe Toocov ath bocov Te yéywve Bonoas, 
plupa Sidxovtes, Tas 8’ od AdMev wKVados Vds 
b] / > / \ 2 > 8 / : 
éyyt0ev opvupévn, Auyupiy 8 Evrvvov aovdny 

‘ Acip’ ay iwv, morvaw ’Oduced, péya xvdos ’Ayaior, 
via Kkataotnoov, iva vertépny dr’ axovons. 185 
ov yap Te TIS THSE TapHrace vy pedaivy, 
mplv y huéwv pediynpuy amd ctowatwv om’ aKodcat, 
Grr’ 6 ye Tepirapevos veital Kal mrelova eidas. 
id / , Q’ gt B® } fy / > / 
idwev yap tor mav0’ bo’ évi Tpoln edpetn 
"Apycion Tpdés te Oedv loTnte poynoay: 19 
iwev 8’ daca yévntas éml x~Oovi movAvBorelpy.’ 

“Qs hacav t¢eioat dra KadrAov’ adTap éuov Khp 
NON aKkovéwevat, ADoai 7 exédevov Etalpous, 
> 4 / e \ / 4 
oppvot vevaTtdfwv: of dé mpotrecdvtes Epecoor. 
avtixa 8 avoravtes ITepiundns Evpiroyos te 195 
mreloot pw év Seopotor Séov pwadrov Te icCor. 
avtap éel 5) Tds ye TapyAacav, ovd’ ér’ erreita 
HOoyyis Yeipyvov HnKovopev ovdé T aovdhs, 

> > \ \ > \ / e a 

ai’ amo Kknpov Erovto éuol épinpes éraipor, 
bv odw én’ daly arenp’, eué 7 ex Seopav avédrvaoav. 2 

"AAW Gre 8% THY vicov édeltroper, adtix ereita 
KaTvov Kal péya Kdpa tdov Kal Sodmov dxovea* 

lal > »” / b] ” 4 ’ > 
tav § dpa Seicdvtav éx« yeipav emtar épetpa, 

/ > » , \ er ” > > “ 
BopBnoav 8’ dpa wdavta Kata poov: érxeto 8’ avtov 


THE ODYSSEY, XII. 415 


erful pressure and by the rays of the exalted Sun, the 
lord of all. I then anointed, one by one, the ears of 
all my crew; and on the deck they bound me hand and 
foot, upright upon the mast-block, — round the mast they 
knotted the rope’s ends; and sitting down they smote the 
foaming water with their oars. ~.But when we were as far 
away as one can call, and swiftly were driving onward, 
our speeding ship, as it drew nigh, did not escape the 
Sirens, and thus they lifted up their penetrating song : 

“«¢ Come hither, come, Odysseus, whom all praise, great 
glory of the Achaians! Bring in your ship, and listen to 
our voices. For none has-ever passed us by in a black 
ship till from our lips he heard ecstatic song, then went 
his way rejoicing, and with larger knowledge. For we 
know all that on the plain of Troy Argives and Trojans 
suffered at the gods’ behest ; we know whatever may be- 
fall upon the bounteous earth.’ 

“So spoke they, sending forth their beauteous voices, 
and my heart longed to listen. Knitting my brows, I 
made the signal to my men to set me free; but, bending 
forward, on they rowed. And straightway Perimedes and 
Eurylochos arose and laid upon me still more cords and 
drew them tighter. Then, after passing by, when we 
could hear no more the Sirens’ voice or any singing, 
quickly my trusty crew removed the wax with which I 
stopped their ears, and set me free from bondage. 

“Soon after we left the island, I observed a smoke, 
I saw high waves and heard a plunging sound. In the 
terror of my men the oars flew from their hands, and 
splashed against the current. There the ship stayed, for 


416 OAYSSEIAS M. 


A > \ » EN Ae TB / \ 4 
vnvs, érel ovxér’ épeTua tponKea yepoly éEreryov. 
> \ en’ \ \ >\ A e / 
auTap éym Sua vnds ioy atpuvoy éraipovs 
peirsy lows éréecou Tapactadoy avdpa éxactov: 
*°) hiro, ov yap Te TL KaK@v adanpovés cipev* 
ov pev 69 TOde pelfov ert Kaxov } Ste Kixrow 
eider évl ome yAadhup@® Kpatephds Bindw: 
GAra Kal evOev éuH apeth Bovdf Te vow Te 
> Lf a} / 77 
éxpuyouev, Kal tov Tovde pvncecOar dio. 
vov 8’ ayeO’, as av eyo eitrw, TeOepcOa TarTes. 
€ a \ 4 e, \ e al Lal 
ipels pev KoTHTW Gros pynypiva Babeiav 
Tumrete KANlOecow edrpevot, al Ké TOOL Zeds 
San Tovde y GrcOpov trrexduyéeww Kal advEat: 
gol dé, cuBepvnd’, od’ émuTéXrXopats GAN evi Ovo 
4 ? \ n 77 lal 
Barrev, érel vndos yAadupis oinia vapmas. 
TovUTOV ev KaTrvod Kal KipaTtos eKxTOS Eeprye 
A \ \ / > / / 
yna, ov S€ cKxoTrérwv érripaleo, wn ce AdOnot 
| / > \ ” / >’ 
kelo é€opujoaca Kal és Kaxov dupe BadrynoOa. 
“Ds ébaunr, ot 8 dka ewois éméeoor tiOovTo. 
/ 5] > 43 > , »v a all 
SevrArnv 8 over euvOcounv, arpynxrov avinv, 
/ , / > / ¢ al 
BN Tes moe SelcavTes aTroAAHEcvav ETaipou 
> / > \ \ / / > 4 
eipeoins, évtos 5é muKaforey ohéas avTovs. 
ld \ / \ > / > a 
Kal Tote 6n Kipens pev éepnpwoovyns areyewys 
AavOavounv, érrel od TL p’ avaeryer Owphiaocec Oar 
avTap éym KatTadvs KAvTa Tedyea Kal dvo0 Sodpe 
/ ee | \ ec, \ > y \ »” 
pap ev xepoly édwv eis ixpia vynos éBawwov 
mpwpns: evOev yap pw edéypnv mpota paveicBar 
4 / v4 / Wit? Ve / 
SKvAAnV tetpalnv, } wor pepe hw EeTaporow. 
>Q/ > ip) 7 4 Py / bd 
ovdé wn GOpnoar Svvdynv: Exapov O€ po doce 
mavTn TamTalvoyTt Tpos hepoerdéa TETPNV. 
‘7. ad de \ BJ / / ‘i 
eis O€ OTELWWTTOV AvETTAECOMEY YOOwYTES 


210 


THE ODYSSEY, XII. 417 


they plied with their hands the tapering oars no more. 
Then down the ship I passed and roused my men with 
cheering words, standing by each in turn : 

“¢¢ Friends, hitherto we have not been untried in dan- 
ger. Here is no greater danger than when the Cyclops 
penned us within his hollow cave with brutal might. Yet 
out of that, through energy of mine, through will and 
wisdom, we escaped. These dangers, too, I think some 
day we shall remember. Come then, and what I say let 
us all follow. You with your oars strike the deep break- 
ers of the sea, keeping your places at the pins — if haply 
Zeus may set us free from present death, and let us go in 
safety. And, helmsman, these are my commands for you; 
lay them to heart, for you control the rudders of our hol-— 
low ship: keep the ship off that smoke and surf, and hug 
the crags, or else, before you know it, she may veer off 
that way, and you will bring us into danger.’ 

“So I spoke, and my commands they quickly heeded. 
But Scylla I did not name, — that hopeless horror, — for 
fear, through fright, my men might cease to row, and hud-- 
dle all together in the hold. Then I neglected also the~ 
hard behest of Circe, where she had said I must by no 
means arm; but putting on my splendid armor and tak- - 
ing in my hands my two long spears, I went upon the 
ship’s fore-deck, for thence I looked for the first sight of 
Seylla of the rock, who brought my men disaster. No- 
where could I desery her; my eyes grew weary, search- : 
ing up and down the gloomy cliff. : 

“So up the strait we @ sailed in Badiiees 5 te here lay : 


\S 


418 OAYSSEIAS M. 


&vOev yap YKvrArn, éErépwOs 5é Sia XapuBo1s 
Sewov aveppoiBince Saddaons adrpupov dap. 
h to. br é&euéoere, AEBns Gs ev Tupl ToAA@ 
Tao’ avamoppupecke Kucopevn: trooe 8’ ayvn 
dxpoist oxotréXovow em auporéporow emuTtev. 
GN’ bt avaBpokeve Cardoons adpuvpov vdwp, 

a > / / > \ \ , 
mao’ évtocbe haverke KvKwpévn, audi dé wéTPN 
Sewov BeBpvyet, brévepOe S€ yaia pavecxe 
Waupo xvavén: Ttods Sé yAwpov Séos jpet. 

e a \ \ \ ” / ” 

Huets puev pos THY LOouev Seicavtes dAcOpov: 
todpa dé wor BevrAXy Koiryns ex vyos ETalpovs 
& €rc0’, of yepoiv te Bingi te héptaror joav. 
oxeyrauevos 5° és via Oonv dpa Kal pel’ Eraipous 
Hon Tov évonoa Todas Kal yxelpas brrepOev 
inpoo’ devpowévav: ewe Sé POéyyovto KadedvTeEs 
éFovowaxrndnv, Tote y UaetaTov, axvipevot Kip. 
as 8 Or él mpoBodrdm arieds TepinKei Pabd@ 
ixOvou Tots drdtyoot SOdov Kata eidata Badrwv 
> / sh \ / > UA 

és tovtov mpoinat Boos Képas aypavdou.o, 
aotaipovta 8’ éreta KaBawv éppirpe Ovpate, 

&s of x aatalpovtes aeipovto mpotl métpas* 

> . ’ > \ / / lal 
avtov 8 eivl Ovpnot KatnoOe KexrAnyaTAas, 
xetpas éuol dpéyovtas év aivh Syiotire. 
oixriatov 8) Keivo éuois Sov opOarpoicr 

/ oe > LS ee 4 f es \ 3 , 
mavtwv bo0 éuoynoa topous ados éLepecivwr. 

Aurap éel rétpas pvyouev Sewrhv te XapuBdw 
TevrrAnv 7, avtix« Erevta Geod és aytpova vicov 
ixopeO’> &vOa & écav Karai Boes evpupétwrros, 
TWorrAa 5é idia pyr ‘Trrepiovos ’Heriovo. 

57 ror éyav ett TovT@ ew év vyi pedaivy 


THE ODYSSEY, XII. 419 


Scylla, and there divine Charybdis fearfully sucked the 
salt sea-water down. Whenever she belched it forth, like 
a kettle in fierce flame, all would foam swirling up, and 
overhead spray fell upon the tops of both the crags. But 
as she gulped the salt sea-water down, then all within 
seemed in a whirl; the rock around roared fearfully, and 
down below the bottom showed, dark with the sand. 
Pale terror seized my men; on her we looked and feared 
to die. 

“ And now it was that Scylla snatched from my hollow 
ship six of my comrades, men excellent in strength and 
courage. I turned my eyes toward my swift ship to seek 
my men, and saw their feet and hands already in the air, 
as they were carried up. They screamed aloud and called 
my name for the last time, in agony of heart. As when 
a fisher, on a jutting rock, with long rod throws a bait to 
lure the little fishes, casting into the deep the horn of stall- 
fed ox, then, catching one, flings it ashore writhing; even 
so were these drawn writhing up the rock. There at her 
door she ate them, loudly shrieking and stretching forth 
their hands toward me in mortal anguish. That was the 
saddest sight my eyes have ever seen, in all my toils, 
searching the ocean pathways. 

“ Now after we had passed the rocks of dire Charybdis 
and of Scylla, straight we drew near the pleasant island 
of the god. Here were the goodly broad-browed kine and 
all the sturdy flocks of the exalted Sun. While still at 
sea, on the black ship, I heard the lowing of stalled cattle 


420 OAYSSEIAS M. 


puKnOwod 7 HKovaa Bowy avrALfopevdwv 265 
dA ‘ / bg ” al 
olav te PAnYNV* Kal pot Eros Eurrece Oupo 
pavrnos araod, OnBaiov Teipeciao, 
Kipxns 1 Aiains, } wow para OANr érréreAre 
vncov arevacOar TepyipBporov ’ Heriouo. 
57 Tor’ éyav éErdpowct peTnvdav, ayvipevos Kip* 270 

‘ Kéxduté pev pi0wv, xaxd wep tTacyxovtes étaipor, 
odp’ tpiv eitm pavtnia Teipeciao 
Kipxns 1’ Aiains, } wot para moAn érréTeAre 
vncov adrevacbar teprriuBporov ’Henrioro* 
a \ eZ \ M4 Ey4 4 
évOa yap aivotatov Kakov Eupevar dupw ebacKkey 275 
ara trapéeE Ty vicov édMavveTe Vija pédaLvav. 

“Qs épdynv, toiow Sé natexracOn hidov Hrop. 
avtixa 8’ Evptroyos otuyep® gm nueiBeto pO: 

os pny > > A / s Os a 

SxEtrLos eis, “Odvced, wept rou pévos, ovdé TL yvia 

Kapvels' 7) pa vu col ye oldnpea TavtTa TétuKTaL, 280 
iia ae. 4 / / id / xO\ A 
Os p’ éTapous Kapat@ adnKoTas dé Kal Urve@ 
ovK édas yains émuBnpevat, vOa Kev ave 

oy 5) > , \ / r 
vnow év audipvtn Napov TeTUKOLucOa SopTror, 
GAN aitas ia vinta Oony adadnobar dvwyas, 
vijTov Cramp Divas éy NEpoEloeL TOVTO. 285 
ex vuctrov 8 dvertor yarerrol, Snrnpata var, 
ylyvovtat: wh Kev TIS srmanbueyns aimvy ddeOpor, 
ny Tos eEarrivns EXOy avéworo Ovedra, 
i) Norov 4 Zepvpoo Svcaéos, of Te pdducta 
via Puapnatoue Oea@v aéxnt avaKTov ; 290 
adn’ 4 To vov pwev TreOapueOa vuKtl Kang 
Séprrov @’ oT ucoper Oa Gof meee vat penONTes 
Raver 8 avaBavres otitis ents TOVT@. 

“Qs Epar’ Evpvnroxos, emi 8’ yveov addov Etaipou 


THE ODYSSEY, XII. 491 


- and the bleat of sheep ; and on my mind fell words of the 
blind prophet, Teiresias of Thebes, and of Aiaian Circe, 
who very strictly charged me to shun the island of the 
Sun, the cheerer of mankind. So to my men with aching 
heart I said: 

»“¢ Hearken to these my words, my suffering comrades, 
that I may tell you of the warnings of Teiresias, and of 
Aiaian Circe, who very strictly charged me to shun the 
island of the Sun, the cheerer of mankind ; for there our 
deadliest danger lay, she said. Then past the island 
speed the black ship on her way.’ 

“ As I thus spoke their very souls were crushed within 
them, and instantly Eurylochos, with surly words, made 
answer: ‘ Headstrong you are, Odysseus; more than man’s 
is your mettle, and your limbs never tire; and yet you 
must be made of iron not to allow your comrades, worn 
with fatigue and sleep, to touch the land where at a 
sea-girt: island we might make ourselves again a savory 
supper. Instead, just as we are, with the night falling 
fast, you bid us journey on — our course turned from the 
island — over the misty deep. But out of the darkness 
rough winds rise, fatal to vessels ; and how could any one 
escape from utter ruin if by some chance a sudden storm 
of wind should come, the south wind or the blustering 
west, which wreck ships oftentimes, heedless of sovereign 
gods. No, for the present let us obey the dark night's 
bidding, let us prepare our supper and rest by the black’ 
ship ; to-morrow: = we will g° on = and put 
- forth on the open sea.’ 

“So ‘spoke Eurylochos, the rest sabbnted: and now I 


422 OAYSSEIAS M. 


\ , \ 4 aA \ \ / / 

kal tote 89 ylyvwokov 0 dy Kaxd pndeto Saluwv, 
: / 
Kal piv povicas érea TTEpoevTa Tpocnvowr* 
4 9 /, / a 

‘ Eipvroy’, 7) para 69 we Biakere podvov éovra* 
GN aye viv pot TWayTes bpoocaTe KapTepov OpKov, 
y / 2. “22% fa) b) UA x na | bia! 
el Ké TW née Body ayédnv } TAU [ey oiaD 
eUpwpev, 6 Tov Tis atacOanrino KaKhow 
 Bodv né Te phrAov amroxtdvyn: adda Exnror 
p) ' , \ 5) , r , > 
éoOiete Bpwynv, thv alavdtn mope Kipxn. 

a c ? 

Qs épaunv, ot 8 adbtix’ amdpvvov ws éxédevov. 
«Bere. | r Sine TR / i 4 \ A 
auTap émel p duoody Te TedeUTHTaY Te TOV GpKor, 
Thoamev ev ALpeve yr ® evepyéa Vi 
oTHTApE Mévt yAahup@ evepyéa vija 
4 ’ 40) a \ b] / e a 
ayy voatos yAuKepoio, Kat éEaréBnoav éraipor 

4 
ynos, meta 5é Sdprov émictapévws TeTUKOVTO. 

> \ > \ / \ Pb] 4 > v 4 
auTap émel Toaos Kal édntvos &€& Epov é&vTo, 

/ \ 4 } »” e / 
pvnoapevot 61 Emetta hirovs Exdatov éraipovs, 
ods Ehaye YevAAN yAadupis é« vos édovca: 
KNalovtecaot S€ Toiow émnrvbe vydupos Urvos. 

9 \ , eee \ 5” ” , 
juos S& tpixa vuKTos env, peta 8’ dotpa BeByxKew, 
5 ” a 7 / \ 
a@poev ert Canv avewov vehednyepéta Zevs 
, 
Aalramt Ocorecin, civ Sé vehéerot Kadve 
~ ¢ lal \ f > , > > , v4 
yatav o“od Kal mrovrov: opwpe. 8’ ovpavoley vvé. 
’ 
Huos 8’ hpiyéveca havn pododaxruros ’Has, 
a , 
Vija phéev Wpuicapev, KotAoOV oTréos EeloepvoayTes. 
évda 8’ écav Nupdéwv Karol yopoi 7dé Odowxou: 
\ | oe Te Fete. > \ / \ a 4 
Kal ToT’ éyov ayopnv Oéwevos pera pvOov Eevrrovs 
aA , 
“°Q2 dirot, ev yap vn 007 Bpadcis Te Tocts Te 
»” Lal A a > , , / 
esti, Tav S€ Bowy ateyoucba, wn TL TAOwpev* 
Sewvod yap Ocod aide Boes Kal igia pra, 
"Heriov, 6s wavr’ éfopa Kxal mavr’ éraxover.’ 
a a /, \ b 4 
Qs épaunv, totow 8’ éremelOeto Oupos ayjvep. 


810 


THE ODYSSEY, XII. 423 


knew heaven was intending ill; and, speaking to him in 
winged words, I said : 

“«* Kurylochos, plainly you force me, since I am only 
one. But come, all swear me now a heavy oath that if 
you find a herd of cattle or great flock of sheep, none in 
mad wilfulness will slay a cow or sheep; but be content, 
and eat the food immortal Circe gave.’ 

“So I spoke, and readily they took the oath that I 
required. And after they had sworn and ended all their 
oath, we moored our stanch ship in the rounded harbor, 
near a fresh stream, and my companions left the ship and 
busily got supper. But after they had stayed desire for 
drink and food, then calling to remembrance their dear 
comrades, they wept for those whom Scylla ate, those 
whom she snatched from out our hollow ship; and as they 
wept, there fell on them a pleasant sleep. Now when the 
third watch of the night was come and the stars crossed 
the zenith, cloud-gathering Zeus sent forth a furious wind 
in a fierce tempest, and covered with his clouds both land 
and sea; night broke from heaven. So when the early 
rosy-fingered Dawn appeared, we beached our ship, hauling 
her up into a hollow cave where there were pretty dancing- 
grounds and haunts for nymphs. Then holding a council, 
I said to all my men: 

“¢ Friends, there is meat and drink enough on the swift 
ship; let us then spare the kine, for fear we come to 
harm, for these are the herds and sturdy flocks of a dread 
god, the Sun, who all things oversees, all overhears.’ 

“So 1 spoke, and their high hearts assented. But all 


424 OAYSSEIAS M. 


phva 8€ wav’ addnKTos dm Noros, oddé Tus GAdos 225 

ylyver’ erect’ avéuwv, et pr Etpos te Notos te. 

of 8’ elws pev citov éyov Kat olvov épuOpor, 

rodpa Body atréxyovto MAaiopevor BidToLo. 

GN Ore 8H vos e&épOito tia wayTa, 

kat 8) adypnv épéreckov adntevovtes avayKy, 830 

ixOds dpviOds Te, piras 6 TL yeipas txorTO, 

yvaurrois aykiatpoiow: ereipe S€ yaotépa ALpos* 

8) Tor éyav ava vicov améatiyov, Oppa Ocoiow 

evéalunv, et Tis por Odov hyvere véecOar. 

Gr ote 2 dua vyncov iwv HrAvEa étaipous, 835 

xeipas vipdpevos, 60’ éml oxéras hv avépuovo, 

npounv wavtecat Oeois ot "OdXvprrov éyovow* 

of 8° dpa po yAuKdy Urvov érl Brehdpocw eyevav. 

Eipiroxos 8° érdpoicr Kans éEnpyeto Bovdjs. 

‘ Kéxauté pev pvOov, Kkaxd wep maoyovtes éTaipou: 
mavtTes pev otuyepol Odvatou devhoiow Bporoict, 841 
Auu@o 8’ olkTicTOv Oavéew Kal ToTMOV émLoTety. 
arr’ ayer’, "Herloro Bowv éddcavtes aplotas 
péEouev aBavarotct, Tol ovpavoy evpdv Exovow. 
et 5€ kev eis “L0dxnv adixoliueba, tatpida yaiar, 845 
aid kev ’"Herio ‘Treplovi wiova vnov 
TabGopey, éy bé Ke Ocivev GydApata ToAAa Kal éoOna: 
el 66 negate apeciod Tt Bowv dp0oKxpatpawy 
vy e0érn ordécat, eri 8’ Exmrwvrat Oeol adrot, 

Boron’ &rak rpos Kiya yavav ard Oupov dréocat 350 
60a otpetyecOar é@v év vncw épnun. re 
“Qs par’ Evptroyos, él 8 qveov adXow éraipor. : 

autixa 8° ’"Heriovo Bodv éAXdcayTes aplree Si ae 

éyyiev: ov yap Tire veds KYavoTpPmpoLo 


THE ODYSSEY, XII. 425 


that month incessant south winds blew; no wind arose 
except from east and south. So long as they had bread 
and ruddy wine, they spared the kine, because they loved 
‘their lives. But when the vessel’s stores were now all 
spent, and roaming perforce they sought for game, —for 
fish, for fowl, for what might come to hand, caught by 
their crooked hooks, — and hunger pinched their bellies, 
then I departed by myself far up the island, to beg the 
gods to show my homeward way. And when by a walk 
along the island I’ had escaped my crew, I washed my 
hands where there was shelter from the breeze, and offered 
prayer to all the gods that hold Olympos. But they 
poured down a sweet sleep on my eyelids, while Eury- 
lochos began his evil counsel to my crew: 

“*¢ Hearken to these my words, my suffering comrades, 
Hateful is every form of death to wretched mortals; and 
yet to die by hunger, and so to meet one’s doom, is the 
most pitiful of all. Come then, and let us drive away the 
best of the Sun’s kine, and sacrifice them to the immortals 
who hold the open sky. If we should ever come to Ithaka, 
our native land, we will at once build a rich temple to the 
exalted Sun, and put therein many fair offerings. But if 
the Sun, wroth for his high-horned kine, seeks to destroy 
our ship, and other gods consent, for my part I would 
rather, open-mouthed in the sea, at once give up my life 
than slowly let it wear away here in this desert island.’ 

“So spoke Eurylochos; the rest assented. Forthwith 
they drove away the best of the Sun’s kine out of the 
field close by; for not far from the dark-bowed ship the 


426 OAYSSEIAS M. 


Bockéckové’ éduxes Kadal Boes evpupétwtros* 355 
\ a 
Tas 5€ Twepictnoay Te Kal EevyeTOwVTO Oeoict, 
pvrra Spetrapevor tépeva Spvos irrixdporo: 
> \ 4 oe \ > / | ae, / 
ov yap éyov Kpt XNevKov évocédApov éml vos. 
> \ > y > 29 ” \ ww \ ” 
avtap émel p evEavto Kal échakay Kal edeipay, 
/ 
pnpovs 7 é&étayov Kata Te Kvion éxddvav 360 
/ ’ a 
dirtvxya Towmoartes, é avtav 5° wpobéTncav: 
ovd' elyov péOv Deiat er’ aiPopévors tepoicw, 
> J cf / b / ” / 
arr’ bdaTs orrévoovTes ET@OTTMV EyKaTA TdVTA. 
> \ ’ \ \ Ly ERE > / \ / > > / 
avTap émel Kata pip éexdn Kal omrayyv érdcavTo, 
/ 4 nr 
pictuAXroy 7 dpa Tada Kai apd’ OBedoiow Errerpay. 365 
Kai tore pow Brxehdpwv é&écovto vydvpos brvos: 
Bhv 8’ lévar éri via Oonv cai Oiva Saracens. 
\ 
arr’ ote 67) cyEdOV Ha KiwWVY VES appiEedioons, 
\ / / > / e \ > / 
Kal ToTe pe Kvions audynrAvbey dvs adTpH* 
oo uy \ n x 5)9 / , “s 
oluwkas S€ Ocotot pet AOavatoior yeyovevy: 870 
ce) / 
‘Zed Twatep 70° adror pdKxapes Oeol aiev €ovTes, 
9 /~ 9 > bd f , cf 
9 he par els ATHY KOlLnoaTE VHrEL UTI, 
ot 8° Erapoe péya Epyov éunticayto pévovtes.’ 
"‘Dkéa 8 "Heriw ‘Trepiovi ayyedos 7rOe, 
Aapretin tavitretos, 6 of Boas Extapev tyes. 875 
/ an 
autixa 8 aSavatoict peTnvida ywopmevos Kijp* 
a / 
‘Zed watep HO adrot padkapes Oeol aiév éovTes, 
a > n 
ticat 57 érapovs Aaeptiddew ’Odvo%os, 
(/ a 7 ¢ / A > , 
of peu Bots Extewav trépBiov, now eyo ye 
\ 
xaipeckov péev lov els ovpavoy aaTepderTa, 380 
xO? e ' eee ee ’ \ lal > b > / / 
nO omoT aap éml yaiav am’ ovpavodev mpotparoipnv. 
> , > / a > ’ ¢deee 2 \ 
el d€ yor ov Ticovat Body érveiké’ apmorByv, 
4 >? ? /' » Lote J 4 / ? 
dvcopat eis “Aidao Kal év vexverot dpaciva. 
b] , , , / 
Tov 8 arape:Bopevos mpocépn vehedrnyepéta Zeus: 


THE ODYSSEY, XII. 427 


kine were grazing, crook-horned and beautiful and broad 
of brow. Round them they stood and prayed the gods, 
stripping the tender leaves from off a crested oak; for 
they had no white barley on the well-benched ship. Then 
after prayer, when they had cut the throats and flayed 
the kine, they cut away the thighs, wrapped them in fat 
in double layers, and placed raw flesh thereon. They had ° 
no wine to pour upon the blazing victims, but using water 
for libation they roasted all the entrails. So after the 
thighs were burned and the inward parts were tasted, they 
sliced the rest and stuck the bits on spits. 

“ And now the pleasant sleep fled from my eyelids; I 
hastened to the swift ship and the sea-shore. But on 
my way, as I drew near to the curved ship, around me 
came the savory smell of fat. I groaned and called aloud 
to the immortal gods: 

“¢Q father Zeus, and all you witless blessed gods that live 
forever, verily to my ruin you laid me in ruthless sleep, 
while my men left behind plotted this monstrous deed.’ 

“Soon to the exalted Sun came long-robed Lampetié, 
bearing him word that we had slain his kine; and straight- 
way with an angry heart he thus invoked the immortals: 

“*Q father Zeus, and all you other blessed gods that 
live forever, avenge me on the comrades of Laértes’ son, 
Odysseus, who lawlessly slew the kine in which I ever joy 
as I go forth into the starry sky, or when again toward 
Earth I turn back from the sky. But if they do not 
make me fit atonement for the kine, I will go down to 
Hades and shine among the dead.’ 

“Then answered him cloud-gathering Zeus, and said : 


428 OAYSSEIAS M. 


\ , 
‘ "Hédu’, 9 Tot pev ov pet abavdtocr pdewve 
\ a a » SM. 1) »” 
kat Ovnroiot Bpototow émi Ceidwpov apovpav’ 
a a \ a lal 
Tov b€ K éyw Taya via Bonv apynt. Kepavva 
\ / / 2.0% v / +] 
tuT0a Barov Kedoayu péow évi olvoTte TovTe. 
Taira 8’ éyav Heovea Kadvwots jnuxopoto’ 
e .¥ e / / > \ > fal 
» 8° &ébn ‘“Eppeiao dSvaxtépov aitn aKxovoar. 
Aitap érei p’ éml vija xatyrv0ov 7d Odraccar, 
veikeov GAdoOev Adrov erriatadov, ovdé TL pHYOS 
evpéwevat Svvaperba: Boes 8 amotébvacay 6n. 
n b Ss PRS a @ \ / LA 
toiow 8 avtix’ érevta Geol tépaa mpovpawwor: 
elptrov pev puvol, kpéa 8° aud oBeroior pepd«er, 
> / \ % / a“ 7 A / , 
omTaréa Te Kal aud: Body 8’ &s yiyvero dovy. 
¢ a \ 4 > \ > wv e n 
Egéijpap pev erevta émot épinpes eraipot 
daivuvt’ "Heriowo Body éddcavtes apiotas: 

GX’ Gte 67 EBdSopov Hap él Zeds One Kpoviwr, 
\ Qe 9 5 OF \ > / fh 4 
Kal TOT €TElT Avepwos pev ETTavoaTO AaidaTL Ovwr, 

e na ’ be ] > 4 > / > / ¢ 

nets 8’ aly avaBartes évyKapev evpér TovTo, 

e \ / 3 / 9. &® / eee > , 

isrov otnodpevor avd 0’ iotia revK épvoavTes. 
"AAW Ste 8H THv vhcov érelromev, OVSE Tis GAN 

dhaiveto yaidwv, adr ovpavos HOé Oadacca, 

\ / / / YA f 

5) Tote Kvavénv vedérnv éctnoce Kpoviwv 

vnos Umep yrAaduphs, HYAvoe 5 TovTos bm avTis. 


405 


n 8’ &eu od para moddodv érl ypovov: anya yap HABE 


Kexrnyws Zédupos, peyadyn adv rairatre Odor, 
tatod S€ mpotrovous Eppn& avéwoio Ovedra 
5] , e \ > > / / id / 
apdotépous: totos 8 oticw técev, Sra TE TaVTA 
> » , > ee 9 , > \ 
eis GvTAov KaTéxyvvO’* o d° apa mpvpvn évi vy 
mrnte KuBepyntew Keharyv, crv 8’ doté’ apake 

/ > 2 a ¢ Pe: BO: FE a > \ 
mavT amvors Kepadts: o 8° ap apveuvThps éoixws 

/ | eee cere J / , ei / \ >’ 4 
Kanes am ixpiodw, ime 8’ doréa Oupos ayjvop. 


410 


THE ODYSSEY, XII. 429 


‘O Sun, do you shine on among the immortals and for all 
mortal men upon the fruitful fields. I soon will hurl a 
gleaming bolt at their swift ship, and cleave it in pieces in 
_ the*middle of the wine-dark sea.’ 

“ All this I heard from the fair-haired Kalypso, who 

said she heard it from the Guide-god Hermes. 
_ “ Now when I came down to ‘the ship and to the sea, I . 
chid my men, confronting each in turn. But no help could 
we find; the kine were dead already. Soon, too, the 
gods made prodigies appear: the skins would crawl; the 
spitted flesh, both roast and raw, would moan ; and sounds 
came forth like those of kine. 

“For six days afterwards my trusty men still feasted, 
for they drove away the best of the Sun’s kine; when 
Zeus, the son of Kronos, brought the seventh day round, 
then the wind ceased to blow a gale, and we in haste 
embarking put forth on the open sea, setting our mast 
and hoisting the white sail. 

“Yet when we had left the island and no other land ap- 
peared, but only sky and sea, the son of Kronos set a dark 
cloud above our hollow ship and the deep gloomed below. 
The ship ran on for no long time; for soon a shrill west 
wind arose, blowing a heavy gale. The storm of wind 
snapped both the forestays of the mast. Back the mast 
fell, and all its gear lay scattered in the hold. At the 
ship’s stern it struck the helmsman on the head and 
crushed his skull, all in an instant; like a diver from-the 
deck he dropped, and from his frame the strong life fled. 


Zeus at the same time thundered, hurling his bolt against 
29 3 


430 OAYSSEIAS M. 


Zevs 8’ duvdus Bpovrnce nal euBare vn Kepavvov* 
9 8 éderlyOn Taca Atos TAnyeica KEepavva, 
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e \ , 7 \ a A 
of S¢ Kopwmvynow ixerXou Tepl via péNawvay 
, ° , Rui  Sae 2 / , 
Kipacw éudopéovto, Oeds 8’ adroaivuto vocTov. 
Aitap éy@ Sia vnos éfoitwr, dp’ amd Toixous 
vce KAVSwY TpdOTLos: THY BE rirny hépe Koa. 
5] 4 € 2 \ ” \ 4 : ee : JRE: | > ”“ 
éx dé of iotov dpake motl tporw: avTap én’ avT@ 
‘dl / , ‘ € a , 
érltovos BéBAnTo, Boos piwoio TeTevyas. 


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T® p’ audw ouvéepyov ou“ov TpoTriv Hdé Kal LoTOD, 


Efopevos 8’ el tois hepounv drools davéuocw. 


"Ev0’ 4 to. Zépupos pev erravoato Naitatt Ovwr, 


mrOe 8’ éri Notos @ka, dépwv Eue aryea Oupa, 
bpp’ ett THY OdoHnY avaueTpHcaim. XapvBouw. 
mavvuxios hepounv, dua 8’ Heriw aviovtt 

rAOov éml BevrArns oKowerov Sewijv te XapvBdw. 
m péev aveppolBdnce Oardoons ddrpupoyv Ldap: 
avTap éy@ Tot waxpov epivedov inpoo’ depbels 

T@ Tpoods éxounv ws vuKtepis: ovdé my elyov 
ovte oTnpi~at Trocly éurredov ovt’ emiBhvat: 
pila yap éxas elyov, admnwpa 8’ écav bfo1, 
paxpol te peyddou Te, Kateckiaov S¢ XdpuBdw. 
vorepéws 5’ éxounv, dp’ ekeuéoeev orricow 
toTov Kal TpdTW avTis: éeddomévo Sé por HAOor 
Oy: hpwos 8 él Soptrov avnp ayophlev avécrn 
Kpivwv veikea TOANA Sixalopevwv aitnov, 

Thuwos 8 Ta ye Sodpa XapvBdios éEehadvOn. 
jKxa 8’ eyo KabdrrepOe rodas Kab yeipe héperOar, 
pécow 8’ evdodrnca rapeé mepiuryxea Sovpa 
ECouevos 8’ eri rotor Sijpera yepolv éuqor. 


415 


THE ODYSSEY, XII. 431 


the ship. She quivered in every part, when struck by 
the bolt of Zeus, and filled with sulphur smoke. Out of 
the ship my men were thrown and borne like sea-fowl by 
the side of the black ship along the waves ; God cut them 
off from coming home. | 

“But for myself, I paced the deck until the surge had 
torn the ribs from the keel, which the waves then carried 
along dismantled. The mast was snapped at the keel ; to 
it the backstay clung, made of ox-hide. With this I lashed 
the two together, — keel and mast, — and getting a seat 
on these, was borne along by the destroying winds. 

“And now the west wind ceased to blow a gale; but 
soon a south wind came and brought an anguish to my 
heart that I must once more measure back my way to fell 
Charybdis. All night I drifted on, and with the sunrise 
I came to Scylla’s crag and dire Charybdis. She at that 
moment sucked the salt sea-water down; and as toward 
a tall fig-tree I was upward borne, I clutched and clung 
as clings a bat. Yet could I nowhere set my feet steadily 
or climb the tree; for its roots were far away and out of 
reach its branches, and these were long and large, and 
overspread Charybdis. But patiently I clung, until again 
she should disgorge my mast and keel; and as I hoped 
they came, though late it was. But at the hour when for 
his supper one rises from the assembly, after deciding 
many quarrels of contentious men, then was it that the 
timbers came to light from out Charybdis. I let go feet 
and hands and dropped down in the middle by the long 
timbers, and mounting these rowed onward with my hands. 


















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